Read lines from a specific point in a pdf?

[olo]

Hey all,

• I am trying to open the below file which I can.
• I then go to the power consumption section using ctrl + f

Here I want to read the next 4-5lines from the pdf and have them paste into a notepad- text file.

Below in the picture I only want the first 5 columns so excluding the one with lots of text.

Can anyone point me in the right direction???

; TODO: change filename to input argument
Local Const $PDFFileName = 'c:\acra\datasheet\adc_126.pdf'

; TODO:? pdf viewer
Local Const $PDFViewer = "C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe"

; how to concatenate multiple strings into one
Local $RunString = $PDFViewer & " " & $PDFFileName

local $testFun2Result_string = TestFunc2('PDF will open now...')



; open pdf viewer with the file
Run( $RunString )

;Navigate to power consumption table within the ADC_126 pdf
_WinWaitActivate("ADC_126.pdf - [untitled] - SumatraPDF","")
Send("{CTRLDOWN}f{CTRLUP}power{SPACE}consumption{ENTER}")

pic.docx

[Mechaflash]

You're opening the file in the PDF viewer... then using the viewer's search function to find what you need...

The ideal approach would be to convert the PDF to a plain text file first, then run some regexp on the document to get what you need.

[olo]

I know that sounds and probably is easier.

But as a restiction I need to work with the pdf file.

Just to get that data of the power cosumption and output it as a csv file in notepad.

[Mechaflash]

Use the AutoIt window info tool to see if the 'text' is accessible. Then you can try

WinGetText()

or

ControlGetText()

on it to obtain the text then run some regexp on it.