I have just hit the Multivalent site for the first time and it looks pretty good. Are there any things to be aware of? How would you compare the three packages, Leonard?
-Matt --- Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 9:12 AM -0700 7/17/03, Matt Benson wrote: > >if you wanted to compare the text, you could use > some > >form of text extraction from JPEDAL, PdfBox, or one > >more I can never think of... > > Multivalent. > > > >and compare the text, or > >generate checksums from text and compare those > (works > >for me). > > Definitely need to make sure you are using the same > program > to do the extraction ;). > > > >if you wanted to compare exact visual > representation, > >you could use JPEDAL or ghostScript to convert the > >PDFs to images and compare those, or again, > generated > >checksums. > > > > Yes, this would tell if there is a visual > difference - though > not what it is. HOWEVER, you have to be careful > about this type of > comparison when using the tools you specified since > JPEDAL always > converts (algorithmically) all colors to RGB and GS > to either RGB or > CMYK (depending on the DEVICE). As such, it is > possible that colors > could be off due to rounding... > > > LDR > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Leonard Rosenthol > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer > <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. > 215-629-3700 (voice) > > 215-629-0789 (fax) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems > on a single machine. > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell > virtual machines at the > same time. Free trial click here: > http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
