public List <PdfString> RegexSearch(PDFDoc doc, string pattern, bool ifWholeWord, int startPage, int endPage, bool ignoreCase)
{
List <PdfString> result = new List <PdfString>();
Int32 page_num = 0;
string result_str = "";
string ambient_string = "";
Highlights hlts = new Highlights();
Int32 mode = (Int32)(TextSearch.SearchMode.e_reg_expression | TextSearch.SearchMode.e_highlight);
if (ifWholeWord)
{
mode |= (Int32)TextSearch.SearchMode.e_whole_word;
}
if (ignoreCase)
{
mode |= (Int32)TextSearch.SearchMode.e_case_sensitive;
}
int pageCount = doc.GetPageCount();
if (endPage > pageCount)
{
endPage = pageCount;
}
TextSearch txt_search = new TextSearch();
txt_search.Begin(doc, pattern, mode, startPage, endPage);
while (true)
{
TextSearch.ResultCode code = txt_search.Run(ref page_num, ref result_str, ref ambient_string, hlts);
if (code == TextSearch.ResultCode.e_found)
{
hlts.Begin(doc);
double[] box = null;
string temp = result_str;
while (hlts.HasNext())
{
box = hlts.GetCurrentQuads();
if (box.Length != 8)
{
hlts.Next();
continue;
}
result.Add(new PdfString(result_str, new Rect(box[0], box[1], box[4], box[5]), page_num));
hlts.Next();
}
}
else if (code == TextSearch.ResultCode.e_done)
{
break;
}
}
return(result);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PDFNet.Initialize();
// Relative path to the folder containing test files.
string input_path = "../../TestFiles/";
// Sample code showing how to use high-level text extraction APIs.
try
{
using (PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(input_path + "credit card numbers.pdf"))
{
doc.InitSecurityHandler();
Int32 page_num = 0;
String result_str = "", ambient_string = "";
Highlights hlts = new Highlights();
TextSearch txt_search = new TextSearch();
Int32 mode = (Int32)(TextSearch.SearchMode.e_whole_word | TextSearch.SearchMode.e_page_stop | TextSearch.SearchMode.e_highlight);
String pattern = "joHn sMiTh";
//call Begin() method to initialize the text search.
txt_search.Begin(doc, pattern, mode, -1, -1);
int step = 0;
//call Run() method iteratively to find all matching instances.
while (true)
{
TextSearch.ResultCode code = txt_search.Run(ref page_num, ref result_str, ref ambient_string, hlts);
if (code == TextSearch.ResultCode.e_found)
{
if (step == 0)
{ //step 0: found "John Smith"
//note that, here, 'ambient_string' and 'hlts' are not written to,
//as 'e_ambient_string' and 'e_highlight' are not set.
Console.WriteLine(result_str + "'s credit card number is: ");
//now switch to using regular expressions to find John's credit card number
mode = txt_search.GetMode();
mode |= (Int32)(TextSearch.SearchMode.e_reg_expression | TextSearch.SearchMode.e_highlight);
txt_search.SetMode(mode);
pattern = "\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{4}"; //or "(\\d{4}-){3}\\d{4}"
txt_search.SetPattern(pattern);
++step;
}
else if (step == 1)
{
//step 1: found John's credit card number
//result_str.ConvertToAscii(char_buf, 32, true);
//cout << " " << char_buf << endl;
Console.WriteLine(" " + result_str);
//note that, here, 'hlts' is written to, as 'e_highlight' has been set.
//output the highlight info of the credit card number
hlts.Begin(doc);
while (hlts.HasNext())
{
Console.WriteLine("The current highlight is from page: " + hlts.GetCurrentPageNumber());
hlts.Next();
}
//see if there is an AMEX card number
pattern = "\\d{4}-\\d{6}-\\d{5}";
txt_search.SetPattern(pattern);
++step;
}
else if (step == 2)
{
//found an AMEX card number
Console.WriteLine("\nThere is an AMEX card number:\n " + result_str);
//change mode to find the owner of the credit card; supposedly, the owner's
//name proceeds the number
mode = txt_search.GetMode();
mode |= (Int32)(TextSearch.SearchMode.e_search_up);
txt_search.SetMode(mode);
pattern = "[A-z]++ [A-z]++";
txt_search.SetPattern(pattern);
++step;
}
else if (step == 3)
{
//found the owner's name of the AMEX card
Console.WriteLine("Is the owner's name:\n " + result_str + "?");
//add a link annotation based on the location of the found instance
hlts.Begin(doc);
while (hlts.HasNext())
{
Page cur_page = doc.GetPage(hlts.GetCurrentPageNumber());
double[] quads = hlts.GetCurrentQuads();
int quad_count = quads.Length / 8;
for (int i = 0; i < quad_count; ++i)
{
//assume each quad is an axis-aligned rectangle
int offset = 8 * i;
double x1 = Math.Min(Math.Min(Math.Min(quads[offset + 0], quads[offset + 2]), quads[offset + 4]), quads[offset + 6]);
double x2 = Math.Max(Math.Max(Math.Max(quads[offset + 0], quads[offset + 2]), quads[offset + 4]), quads[offset + 6]);
double y1 = Math.Min(Math.Min(Math.Min(quads[offset + 1], quads[offset + 3]), quads[offset + 5]), quads[offset + 7]);
double y2 = Math.Max(Math.Max(Math.Max(quads[offset + 1], quads[offset + 3]), quads[offset + 5]), quads[offset + 7]);
pdftron.PDF.Annots.Link hyper_link = pdftron.PDF.Annots.Link.Create(doc, new Rect(x1, y1, x2, y2), pdftron.PDF.Action.CreateURI(doc, "http://www.pdftron.com"));
hyper_link.RefreshAppearance();
cur_page.AnnotPushBack(hyper_link);
}
hlts.Next();
}
string output_path = "../../TestFiles/Output/";
doc.Save(output_path + "credit card numbers_linked.pdf", SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_linearized);
break;
}
}
else if (code == TextSearch.ResultCode.e_page)
{
//you can update your UI here, if needed
}
else
{
break;
}
}
}
}
catch (PDFNetException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}