Re: [NTLK] PDF Converter

From: eschneck_at_mindspring.com
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 08:22:00 EST


>> My thought is to clone the Movie Converter code, and export each page o=
f=20
>> the PDF to an image file (Pict or JPEG)=3D2E Then the converter could d=
o

>If you can program in Java, you could use http://www=2Ejpedal=2Eorg/ for=20=

>that=2E=20

Not bad=2E I am better at REALBasic than Java, but maybe I could use the
practice in Java=2E

>> 2 Create a simple RTF to go into Newton Press=20
>> This assumes that we can work around NP's general flakiness

>I think it is not that easy to create RTF from an JPEG=2E=2E=2E For doing=
=20
>that one would need to extract all the text and its corresponding=20
>formatting information=2E=20

All of the text would be rendered into the JPG=2E The RTF would just be a =
set
of pointers to (or contents of) the JPG or BMP images, much the same as an=

HTML page would be=2E There would be no text in the document, and therefor=
e
no Find, although you would be able to print it=2E

Eric

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