Parsing a PDF file

[Roger Eller]

Since this seems to be Mac only, why not "do as Applescript" the select
all, and Copy?

~Roger
On Jul 10, 2016 7:18 PM, "Jim Hurley" <jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> hh wrote:
>
> >
> > [Description for MacOS, works on Win/Linux similar.]
> >
> > The best results for extracting tables from PDF I had with the free "RAW"
> > method:
> >
> > = Open the file with Preview.
> > = Select All (menu Edit). Copy.
> > = Go to a LC stack with a field "INCOMING"
> > = Use by a button or the message box the line
> >    put clipboardData["Text"] into fld "INCOMING"
> >
> > If you use simply "paste" you get (probably unwanted) styles with your
> text.
> > (If you have a lot of files: Preview is scriptable.)
> >
>
> Thanks, that works well.
>
> I thought I would try to program your method  within LC:
>
> on mouseUp
>    get url "
> https://www.mynevadacounty.com/nc/elections/docs/2016%20Elections/June%207%2c%202016%2c%20Presidential%20Primary/Election%20Results/cumulativereport.pdf
> "
>    set the clipboarddata["text"] to it
>    put the clipboarddata["text"] into field 1
> end mouseUp
>
> But, no dice. I'm guessing there is something about "Copy" in Preview that
> is missing in LC.
>
> Same applies to opening the file in Adobe and doing a "save as" and
> choosing "text (accessible)"
>
> Be nice if LC could beef-up "get url" to do whatever it is that  Preview
> and Adobe do.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
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