Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: DynaPDF.FindText

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DynaPDF.FindText

Searches a text and returns position details.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
DynaPDF	4.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "DynaPDF.FindText"; PDF; Text { ; CaseInsensitive } )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf

Text The text to search. "Hello"

CaseInsensitive Optional
Optional, if 1, the case of the letters is ignored (also umlauts). 1

Parameter	Description	Example value
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
Text	The text to search.	"Hello"
CaseInsensitive	Optional Optional, if 1, the case of the letters is ignored (also umlauts).	1

Result

Returns list of found positions.

Description

Searches a text and returns position details.
You need to have an open page. you can use DynaPDF.EditPage to edit an existing one.
The list of returned coordinates contains a rectangle for each found position defined by 4 coordinates. The coordinates (x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 x4 y4) define the surrounding rectangle of the text area.

Examples

Highlight "Apple" with yellow:

MBS( "DynaPDF.FindText"; $PDF; "Apple"; 1 )

Example result: "96.001800 662.040000 168.307802 662.040000 168.307802 676.080000 96.001800 676.080000"

Example Databases

DynaPDF/Form/Form

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 11st December 2016

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