Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-08 Thread Mehul Sheth
Yeah.. i figured that out.. I would be happy to write my own and i guess given very specific direction it wouldn't be difficult. By the way i tried with PdfContentStreamProcessor and TextRenderInfo but still would be happy to figure out new ways. Thanks, Mehul On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Ke

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-08 Thread Kevin Day
There is no code already in itext that will do what you want - you will have to write your own strategy, but it should be very, very easy to write your own by adapting LocationTextExtractionStrategy. -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Extract-Line-Position

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread Mehul
Sorry for that.. Actually i got stuck with something else and couldn't spend much time to read. I'll surely go through it.. Thanks, Mehul -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Extract-Line-Position-tp4452853p4455812.html Sent from the iText - General maili

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread iText Info
Op 8/03/2012 5:39, Mehul schreef: > Hi Kevin, > >I already tried with LocationTextExtractionStrategy but in that case i > need to pass some rectangle co-ordinates. In my case what i want is, go to > page, extract data and compare with string i have. If string matches then > find the locatio

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread Mehul
Hi Kevin, I already tried with LocationTextExtractionStrategy but in that case i need to pass some rectangle co-ordinates. In my case what i want is, go to page, extract data and compare with string i have. If string matches then find the location of the line in which that string resides. Ba

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread Kevin Day
The code in LocationTextExtractionStrategy would be a very good place to start. It actually does exactly what you are looking for, you'll just need to adapt it a bit to get access to your desired output. -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Extract-Line-Pos

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread Mehul
Thanks for the reply. I'll surely go through it. -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Extract-Line-Position-tp4452853p4453562.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread iText Info
Op 7/03/2012 12:20, Mehul schreef: > Any idea on how to start Did you read chapter 15? If so, you should now experiment the methods getBaseline(), getDescentLine() and getAscentLine() in the TextRenderInfo class. If not, please read chapter 15 first. --

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread Mehul
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I know that it can be stored in different way but i am not worried about it. In my case i want the position of line in which that string appears. Also as per the application it's also fixed that the string will be the starting point of that line. e.g. line 1: this is

Re: [iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread iText Info
Op 7/03/2012 11:43, Mehul schreef: > Hi, > > I am working on an application where i need to search for a text and > retrieve position of the line on that page. Searching is not an issue as i > can extract entire content from the page and search within it. I am not > concerned about exact word

[iText-questions] Extract Line Position

2012-03-07 Thread Mehul
Hi, I am working on an application where i need to search for a text and retrieve position of the line on that page. Searching is not an issue as i can extract entire content from the page and search within it. I am not concerned about exact word position but at least i want to know position