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 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
