I don't recall ever seeing a .pdf file that was a text file. Even the .pdf
files that contain no graphics have been binary (non-text) files.
Dave: there are different forms of pdf files. Some are text files and some
are graphic. You can tell the differences if you try to select text and you
can't then that portion of the pdf file is not test, but a graphic.
when working with pdf files I ofter can't select text. I have Adobe
proffesional at work and sometimes with these files I can convert the graphic
section to text using the OCR converter. Sometimes the pdf file is protected
and the protection feature soesn't allow the conversion to text. there are
lots of pdf file type and you can't make any generalizations.
DAve: Some pdf files you can search for word, others you can't. Some you can
select text and copy the text to word. for the copy and paste into word, the
files must contain text.
I'm not writing about selecting text, searching for text or copying from the
..pdf.
I'm saying that I've never seen code like your suggested code work well enough
to recover numeric data from a .pdf file.
DAve: Some pdf files you can search for word, others you can't. Some you can
select text and copy the text to word. for the copy and paste into word, the
files must contain text.
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