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DynaPDF.HighlightPattern

Searches a text and adds highlights for it.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
DynaPDF 3.5 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "DynaPDF.HighlightPattern"; PDF; Text { ; HighlightColor; CaseInsensitive } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf
Text The text to search. "Hello"
HighlightColor The highlight color. Default is yellow. Value is the RGB color as integer. Blue*65536+Green*256+Red with each color channel having a range from 0 to 255. MBS( "DynaPDF.RGB"; 0; 0; 255 ) Optional
CaseInsensitive Optional, if 1, the case of the letters is ignored (also umlauts). 1 Optional

Result

Returns number of locations found.

Description

Searches a text and adds highlights for it.
You need to have an open page. you can use DynaPDF.EditPage to edit an existing one.
You can use DynaPDF.RGB function to calculate RGB color value.

This function uses the parser interface in DynaPDF and needs a Lite license.

Examples

Highlight "Apple" with yellow:

MBS( "DynaPDF.HighlightPattern"; $PDF; "Apple"; MBS( "DynaPDF.RGB"; 0; 255; 255 ); 1 )

Same, but with color calculated ourself:

MBS("DynaPDF.HighlightPattern"; $pdf; "Apple"; 255+255*256; 1)

See also

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This function checks for a license.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 19th March 2019


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