Thanks pal! I'll look into it! :)
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:36 AM, trumpetinc2 <forum_...@trumpetinc.com> wrote: > > The parser can be used to get text from the PDF. See > com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfContentReaderTool > > - K > > > CGP-4 wrote: >> >> Cool! Thanks! >> For my task, I doubt that whether should I read the PDF Reference and >> write my info-extraction program from scratch.......... -___- >> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Iliadis Yannis <ilyan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> For Rtf you need the iText-rtf-2.1.7.jar. >>> >>> As far as concerning text extraction from a PDF, there are quite a lot of >>> threads in the mailing list that state the complexity of this task. >>> On the other hand if all the information about the papers is stored in >>> the >>> pdf's metadata then you can extract them. >>> >>> 2009/11/30 CGP <chenguang1...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> Thanks Matthew! >>>> I've downloaded iText 2.1.7 >>>> It is JAR'd.. but it is not complete... some classes like RtfWriter2 >>>> does not exist in the JAR.. but it is implemented in the source code.. >>>> That's why I want to recompile the source code... >>>> >>>> For me, the most important task is to extract information from PDF >>>> files.. >>>> Have you guys done similar things? >>>> I would love to hear your advice >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Wain, Matthew >>>> <matthew.w...@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk> wrote: >>>> > If you downloaded iText 2.1.7 you will see that's it is already JAR'd. >>>> > >>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>> > From: CGP [mailto:chenguang1...@gmail.com] >>>> > Sent: 30 November 2009 15:21 >>>> > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> > Subject: [iText-questions] Can iText be used to extract information >>>> from >>>> > PDFfiles? >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Hello guys! >>>> > I am interested in extract information from academic papers in PDF >>>> > format. >>>> > The information I wish to extract include: paper title, author, >>>> > publication, year, etc. >>>> > I've started reading the book iText in Action, it is a great book, but >>>> > I have no idea whether the books content will help me in achieving my >>>> > goals. >>>> > Soooo, I need advice from you guys. >>>> > >>>> > Oh, BTW, how can I recompile the iText 2.1.7 source code to get a JAR >>>> > file within Windows XP? 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