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Hi,
I would like to write a little program that converts a PDF (only text as contents) to a TXT file format. I searched the web (mostly googled the web) but didnt found any example code to make such a program. (only found pre-made programs) I don't have to adjust the PDF contents, only converting the PDF to TXT.
Can somebody help me out ?
Thankx, Codorke
If you go to wotsit.org you can get the file format for PDF. Shouldn't be too difficult if you're just wanting to extrapolate the text, but keep in mind that it may not all be recorded in logical order because of formatting.
thankx to reply so quick !
I never wrote a converter before or worked a lot with files. So, i still have some questions (after visiting wotsit.org).
To open a PDF file, i can do this still with fstream and read the contents with the '<<'-operator ?
If so, after opening the file and putting the contents into a var, i
need to search for the real text depending on the PDF format i
found on wotsit.org
Or am i wrong ?
Codorke
Correct. Just use fstreams to read the data into your program into a char array. Then you decode it and read off the information you want.
Thanks for the help !! :)
Mmm, it's quit difficult to really understand the PDF file format. Is there any other (easier) way to readin the contents of a PDF (only text) with a c++ program ? Or has anyone done this before ?
Can somebody help me out pl ? Its for my final year project ...
There are open-source PDF programs. Download them and look at the source code.
The PDF format isn't easy...