Hi,
Here's the get text by area example from the source code download package:
package org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
import org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripperByArea;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.util.List;
/**
* This is an example on how to extract text from a specific area on
the PDF document.
*
* Usage: java org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.ExtractTextByArea
<input-pdf>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>Ben Litchfield</a>
* @version $Revision: 1.2 $
*/
public class ExtractTextByArea
{
private ExtractTextByArea()
{
//utility class and should not be constructed.
}
/**
* This will print the documents text in a certain area.
*
* @param args The command line arguments.
*
* @throws Exception If there is an error parsing the document.
*/
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
{
if( args.length != 1 )
{
usage();
}
else
{
PDDocument document = null;
try
{
document = PDDocument.load( args[0] );
if( document.isEncrypted() )
{
document.decrypt( "" );
}
PDFTextStripperByArea stripper = new
PDFTextStripperByArea();
stripper.setSortByPosition( true );
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle( 10, 280, 275, 60 );
stripper.addRegion( "class1", rect );
List allPages =
document.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
PDPage firstPage = (PDPage)allPages.get( 0 );
stripper.extractRegions( firstPage );
System.out.println( "Text in the area:" + rect );
System.out.println( stripper.getTextForRegion( "class1"
) );
}
finally
{
if( document != null )
{
document.close();
}
}
}
}
/**
* This will print the usage for this document.
*/
private static void usage()
{
System.err.println( "Usage: java
org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.ExtractTextByArea <input-pdf>" );
}
}
and here's the print hello world from the source code download package:
package org.apache.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.pdfbox.exceptions.COSVisitorException;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.edit.PDPageContentStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont;
/**
* This is an example that creates a simple document
* with a ttf-font.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>Michael Niedermair</a>
* @version $Revision: 1.2 $
*/
public class HelloWorldTTF
{
/**
* create the second sample document from the PDF file format
specification.
*
* @param file The file to write the PDF to.
* @param message The message to write in the file.
* @param fontfile The ttf-font file.
*
* @throws IOException If there is an error writing the data.
* @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error writing the PDF.
*/
public void doIt(final String file, final String message,
final String fontfile) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
{
// the document
PDDocument doc = null;
try
{
doc = new PDDocument();
PDPage page = new PDPage();
doc.addPage(page);
PDFont font = PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(doc, fontfile);
PDPageContentStream contentStream = new
PDPageContentStream(doc,
page);
contentStream.beginText();
contentStream.setFont(font, 12);
contentStream.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 700);
contentStream.drawString(message);
contentStream.endText();
contentStream.close();
doc.save(file);
System.out.println(file + " created!");
}
finally
{
if (doc != null)
{
doc.close();
}
}
}
/**
* This will create a hello world PDF document
* with a ttf-font.
* <br />
* see usage() for commandline
*
* @param args Command line arguments.
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
HelloWorldTTF app = new HelloWorldTTF();
try
{
if (args.length != 3)
{
app.usage();
}
else
{
app.doIt(args[0], args[1], args[2]);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* This will print out a message telling how to use this example.
*/
private void usage()
{
System.err.println("usage: " + this.getClass().getName()
+ " <output-file> <Message> <ttf-file>");
}
}
Tilman
Am 06.10.2014 um 04:47 schrieb andrew lee:
Hi Tilman;
Do you have a sample script on how to read the Account Number value from
the attached file and output it into a text file? Many thanks.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]>
wrote:
Am 04.10.2014 um 15:20 schrieb Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]>:
Am 04.10.2014 um 13:38 schrieb andrew lee:
Hi Tilman;
Thanks for the advice. If you notice my attached file, the Account
Number:
0123456789 location will be fixed on every report.
Does this mean PDFTextStripperByArea will be able to read it?
Yes
What if the [First Name], [Last Name] & [Address] is an editable field.
Will PDFBox be able to fill them will information that I obtain from a
database?
Don't know, because it might still look like a field. If you're mailing
the result, you don't want any lines.
if the field doesn’t define borders/lines around it there shouldn’t be any
after filling the form fields
BR
Maruan
Tilman
Thanks;
andrew
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
reading an area can be done with PDFTextStripperByArea, see in the
source
code or in stackoverflow for examples. If you know where it is. If you
don't know where it is (e.g. invoice processing), then you'll have to
guess
by the context.
Writing at a placeholder is more difficult. Better don't create the
placeholder at all, just find out the coordinates and draw your text.
https://pdfbox.apache.org/cookbook/documentcreation.html
Tilman
Am 04.10.2014 um 03:28 schrieb andrew lee:
Hi;
I have a pdf report as per attached file. It contains the following
text.
Account Number: 0123456789
[First Name]
[Last Name]
[Address]
Using PDFBOX, can I read the Account Number value "0123456789" so
that i
can cross check with my oracle database, select out the First Name,
Last
Name and Address and finally fill it into the marker [First Name],
[Last
Name] & [Address] in the PDF file. Btw i was told that i will be
given an
editable pdf report. also
Kindly advice. tq
