Search and highlight found sentence

I'm designing a C# console application that searches sentences in a PDF text (i.e multiple words separated by space , and may be separated by line) and a title sentence that may take more than one line .
I get the pdf text in a string then match the given sentences against them , for example i'm matching a pdf string against a title like this : "Lower leg compartment syndrome post \nappendicectomy"
the point is i need the search to allow searching the whole sentence even if it's separated by lines then highlight it when matches.. can any one help ?

Ok, this would be done by JavaScript, through the VB:JavaScript linkage. VB is a better choice but it appears that it might be possible to do this with C#, not sure.
To find positions of text you use doc.getPageNthWord and doc.getPageNthWordQuads. This gives the position of each word and NOTHING ELSE. To look for consecutive words you would need to analyse the results. Text in a PDF is not just strings with newlines, but a complicated collection of graphics; getPageNthWord assembles the graphics and uses GUESSWORK to pick word boundaries.
I believe you can also use JavaScript to add highlight annotations.
You might use the OLE API to open, save and close the framing PDF, assuming it isn't already open in Acrobat.

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One of the things that Adobe people don't understand very well, is they focus and focus and focus constantly in adding new "cool" features to the product... as more flash support... etc. etc.
But Adobe still pending to make easier the life of people that work with tons and literally tons of PDF documents.
Students, researchers, law professors, academics... they all need a solution to search and highlight in different colors, for certain words in a lot of documents.
So here we have a challenge for the Adobe folks.
Let's imagine you are working in a Law Office, ok? (you're lawyer, not programmer)
You have a trial tomorrow...
The trial is about robbery (for example)
Now you are looking for Jurisprudence (other similar cases that were judged before)...
And let's imagine you have a folder with 200 cases in 200 PDF files, talking about robbery, between the years 2005-2009
Now, let's imagine you are interested to search the words:
CONVICTION
KIDNAPPING
ASSAULT
FAILURE
CRIME
SUBPOENA
How do you do that Adobe folks?
Reading the 200 documents? one by one, having to drink all the ink of the documents, line by line...
Or, could you, please, allow Adobe Acrobat 10 can handle dictionaries of words, and allow the users, to search and highlight those words in folder of PDF documents.
Of course!!! you'll tell me, oh, you can accomplish a search of the desired words and Acrobat will search them for you in a lot of documents in a folder...
And I'll reply you! oh! that is not enough!
And do you know why?
Just simpley because I need to see all the information highlighted in a context...
If I see the word CRIME in red close to FAILURE... also in red I can see that something wrong is happening with that trial, for example...
Do you understand now that searching single words in a lot of documents is not enough, and you have to improve URGENTLY this feature?
Highlighting the words the users need to search in a folder of documents, allow INTENSIVE RESEARCH AND SAVE HOURS AND DAYS AND EVEN MONTHS OF HARD WORK TO THE USERS.
In that way, you don't have to read the whole document, you just go directly to the highlighted parts.
I've been submitting this feature since Adobe Acrobat 6!!!! No one in Adobe listened to me!!!
I sincerely don't know why these forums are opened, must be an idea of someone from marketing, because finally, Adobe don't implement any specification from the users.
I am absolutely sure, Adobe folks will present the 10 version as something pretty cool, with more flash support and more graphic stuff.
But, as always, withouth helping the real people that work extensively with large amounts of documents.
So I hope, Sirs, Madams of Adobe, please, now yes, you give support to this feature once and for all !!!
Thanks

Adobe does listen to users, but it listens to 10 users more frequently than 1 user. It listens to 1000 users more frequently than 10. Get everyone you know that works for lawyers to post the request in the Adobe wish form (where Adobe tabulates user requests).
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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Some of the free or cheap seach apps match with my boolean search needs. None of them hights the hits in a preview. That's my issue: I want to have a preview with highlighted hit. I want to jump from hit to hit with lightening speed.
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Hi All,
It would be great if someone advice or help for developing customized application for PDF document. I want make following feature in my application using .Net technology.
1. How to search the particular listed text and need Highlight that words in PDF document
2. And is it feasible to search that highlighted word alone using search custom option
3. once reached the word I want to change the background color in that word
Many thanks,
Gnanasekaran

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I have a textbox that I am loading text from instructionsArray that gets data from a XML file. I want to search that textbox for a word that might be in the dictionaryArray that gets data from and XML file. Then I want the word if its there to be higlighted in red and be able to rollover or click the word to get a popup that shows the words definition that is also in the dictionaryArray. SO the code for all of this as I have it so far builds a rectangle backgournd and addes the textbox to it. The MA is a variable that tells what set of instuctions it is on (1, 2, etc). Everything works except the search and highlight. Is this better?
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CODE for XML Dictionary
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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 <image src="Flash_pictures/tn/tn_mouth.png" title="Mouth" url="Flash_pictures/mouth.png" />
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 <image src="Flash_pictures/tn/tn_mouth.png" title="Mouth" url="Flash_pictures/mouth.png" />
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<allInsturctions>
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 <name>
 act1
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 Before tomatoes enter the plant, they must be graded for quality. The quality of the tomatoes on a truckload determines how much the producer gets paid. Only grade A/B tomatoes will be used in canning. Grade C tomatoes may be used for other types of tomato food products such as juice or salsa.
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Enzymes The quality grade of a tomato is based on 3 things: size, ripeness and defects. This step is only an average of the quality for the whole truck so the producer can be fairly paid. Later, every tomato will be graded both by machine and by hand before being processed.
Minimum quality requirements must be met to continue processing or you risk the final canned product getting recalled by the USDA. The estimated Grade quality for the truck is not sufficient enough. Each tomato is graded for redness by a machine where tomatoes that are too green are siphoned off for juice production. Tomatoes are also evaluated by hand so that any broken fruit can be discarded. Broken fruit will jam up the machinery and not peel properly.
 Now it is your turn to practice grading tomatoes in order to determine how much to pay the producer!
1. Take a sample of tomatoes from 3 different spots in the truckload. 2. Give each separate sample a grade of A/B, or C. 3. Then average the 3 samples together to determine how much to pay you producer and decide what finished product to use the tomatoes for.

]]>
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 <![CDATA[ How would you grade this truck?]]>
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 <a>Grade A</a>
 Grade B
 <c>Grade C</c>
 </options>
 <image src="Flash_pictures/tn/tn_mouth.png" title="Mouth" url="Flash_pictures/mouth.png" />
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</allInsturctions>
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 XMLDataRequest = new URLRequest(XMLFiles[XMLFilesPointer]);
 XMLLoader.load(XMLDataRequest);
 trace(XMLFiles[XMLFilesPointer]);
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 trace('instructions xml file');
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 if (xmlData.allWords != undefined)
 {//if movie node exists, then it is dictionary xml
 trace('dictionary xml file');
 trace(xmlData.allWords.length());
 for (var n = 0; n < xmlData.allWords.length(); n++)
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var words:Array = instructionsArray[MA].instructions.split(/\s+/);
var highlight:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial",14,0xff0000,null,true);
var dictionaryTimer:Timer = new Timer(100,dictionaryArray.length-1);
dictionaryTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimer);
dictionaryTimer.start();
function onTimer(e:TimerEvent):void
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 var re:RegExp = new RegExp("\\b"+words[dictionaryTimer.currentCount]+"\\b", "gi");
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 textbox.setTextFormat(highlight, result.index, result.index+words[dictionaryTimer.currentCount].length);
 result = re.exec(instructionsArray[MA].instructions);
instructionsFormat.font = tomatoBasefont.fontName;
 instructionsFormat.size = 14;
 textbox.defaultTextFormat = instructionsFormat;
 textbox.multiline = true;
 textbox.htmlText = instructionsArray[MA].instructions;
 textbox.width = 778;
 textbox.height = 340;
 //Testing Dictionary Search START
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 //Testing Dictionary Search END
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 i_MC.y = 160;
 i_MC.name = "instructionBox";
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 xClose.y = 2;
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And here is a "workable solution" - an example of how to deal with it.
This class creates roll overs and tooltips for the search term.
A lot of this code is based on what we discussed before - nothing really new.
Just place this class in to FLA directory and make this class a Document Class in Flash IDE. I don't like Flash IDE and coding on the timeline - so it is up to you to translate it into timeline code. Some aspects are commented in the code.
package
 import flash.display.Sprite;
 import flash.events.MouseEvent;
 import flash.geom.Rectangle;
 import flash.text.TextField;
 import flash.text.TextFormat;
 public class TextRollOverExample extends Sprite
 private var highlight:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial", 14, 0xff0000, null, true, true);
 private var originalText:String;
 private var tf:TextField;
 private var inputField:TextField;
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 private var _searchTerm:String;
 private var tipText:TextField;
 public function TextRollOverExample()
 init();
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