Search in pdf files

hi!
does anybody know a free way to search pdf files with java?
I need something like a keyword search ...
thx and regards

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Hey there
"pdf creator" for iPad works flawlessly for me working with pdf files
It takes care of all my needs
I'm not sure about sending via Wifi or Bluetooth but I send them via e- mail all the time
Possibly it could handle your needs as well
Just type it into the App Store search field and the first one that comes up is the one I use
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Problem searching some PDF files in Acrobat Reader – Non-ASCII characters

Acrobat Reader cannot search some .pdf files. I have put an example document up on Scribd here.
Any attempt to search for any word that can be clearly seen to be in the document fails with “No matches were found.”
This example document is NOT a scanned document – words and characters can be selected.
A hex display tool shows that the characters in a PDF document that can be successfully searched are in the ASCII/1252 range (A=0x41, etc).
Copying and pasting characters in the example document to a hex display tool shows that the characters in the document are not in the ASCII range.
For example the letters A to Z in the example document are in the range ‘A’ = 0xDF (decimal 223), ‘B’ = 0xDE (decimal 222), through to ‘Z’ = 0xC6 (decimal 198).
However, characters in these non-ASCII ranges are displayed perfectly by Acrobat Reader, as can be see if the example document is opened.
Therefore, as Acrobat Reader knows what these characters are, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to say that it should be able to search for and find them.
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Hi Pat, thanks for your reply.
Your reference to the title of that page being 'HARNESSES' indicates that, when you view that document in Adobe Reader, you are seeing 'HARNESSES', not
"ØßÎÒÛÍÍÛÍ". And that the remainder of the document is similarly being displayed in readable English language.
Yes as you say, you can search for 'ß' and get hits on 'A' (to use that as an example) in the example document.
But the need to form a word to be searched for into whatever code mapping this is using (for example having to enter "ØßÎÒÛÍÍ" for HARNESSES - I'm not even sure how that would be entered from a keyboard) doesn't seem to be very convenient.
Its clear the example document is using some code mapping other than ASCII / Windows-1252 (which has 'A' as 0x41). But it is also clear that Adobe Reader knows what that mapping is, and knows to use it, as its displaying (for example) 'A' for the code 0xDF.
So I guess the question is - why isn't Adobe Reader's knowledge of this mapping being extended to its search input?

Searching on PDF files

Hi,
I've got allmost every thing working now
except that searches on PDF files ddon't
produce the deisred results.
The filter seems on only search the pdf file
for infomation that one would seem in the
document info thru the acrobat reader!!
It doesn't seem to index the contents of the
pdf document as it does w/ other formats like
exel and word :(
Do I need to do any additional setup to crete
a more comprehendive index on these pdf files?
cheers,
Vijay

Hi,
We have working intermedia successfully after
some fixes with tnsnames.ora and listner.ora..
This is for your reference.
1. You may need to change listner.ora and tnsnames.ora for creation of external procedure processes
2. Change listner.ora to include parameter
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
3. Restart listner process
Below is sample files
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Database support
Citibank,
NewYork, NY 10048
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# Modified Yogi 05/18/00
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(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC))
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = ertdev9-1)(PORT = 1521))
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(SID_DESC =
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(ORACLE_HOME = /export/opt/UNPACKAGED/oracle/8.1.6.0/sparc-solaris2/product)
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vijay ([email protected]):
Hi,
I've got allmost every thing working now
except that searches on PDF files ddon't
produce the deisred results.
The filter seems on only search the pdf file
for infomation that one would seem in the
document info thru the acrobat reader!!
It doesn't seem to index the contents of the
pdf document as it does w/ other formats like
exel and word :(
Do I need to do any additional setup to crete
a more comprehendive index on these pdf files?
cheers,
Vijay<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Bug - Safari 5.1.5 breaks the keyword search of PDF files displayed on Safari

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