Get specific text from PDF and use to rename PDF-file

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

I realize that Adobe Acrobat Pro is limited in its scripting capabilities, but there must be a way!

I can - manually - save as text, and get a txt-file with all the text that’s in the PDF.

  • But I’m hoping to get that text in a variable instead, so I can search through it and get the 13-digit number that precedes the string “cc” and then save the PDF to the name <13-digits>.pdf.

Any ideas?

#2

This will get the text of the front open PDF file in Acrobat.

set theJava to ("var p = this.pageNum;
var n = this.getPageNumWords(p);
var str = \"\";
for(var i=0;i<n;i++) {
var wd = this.getPageNthWord(p, i, false); 
if(wd != \"\") str = str + wd;}")

tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro"
	set theText to (do script theJava)
end tell

Model: iMacintel
AppleScript: xCode 3.0
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Operating System: Mac OS X (10.5)

#3

Wow! Matt-Boy :smiley:

( I know and don’t need to say cool or awesome! but …)
… and
-I think-someone-just-looted-you! :slight_smile:

#4

Awesome! Thanks a bunch! :cool: