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Re: Move based on content


On 4 Jan 2007, at 11:30, Jan Bultereys wrote:

I want to move pdf-files based on something specific IN the pdf-file (content).
Let’s say I have something in the baseline like:
        MOVE TO GROUP 1
    X   MOVE TO GROUP 2
        MOVE TO GROUP 3

The user puts an X before “MOVE TO GROUP 2”.... Applescript will notice this and an action will take place.



I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'in the baseline'. 

If you mean 'in a form field' then you can get at that by using a 'do script' to pass a chunk of _javascript_ to the PDF and return <whatever> to your AppleScript. It's a bit messy, but it works.

If you mean in the actual text of the PDF then probably the way I'd approach it would be to open the PDF in Acrobat, export as text and parse the text. How successful this is will depend on how the PDF was made. There may be a better way that I'm not aware of.

My general advice would be to have a look at the _javascript_ guide for Acrobat - you can do heaps more with it than AppleScript (which is pretty annoying) and pass your results back to AppleScript if necessary

Hope that's of some help
Rob
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