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From: "Hawkins, Thomas A. - Student" <thawkins@midway.edu>
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Subject: RE: PDFBox and superscript format .NET
Thread-Topic: PDFBox and superscript format .NET
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 05:37:51 +0000
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As an addendum, I didn't realize when I sent this out - the numbers are a c=
ombination of regular and superscript, since email won't support it, mathem=
atical operators it is. The numbers should be=0A=
8^5       (INSTEAD OF 85)=0A=
9^6       (INSTEAD OF 96)=0A=
4^7       (INSTEAD OF 47)=0A=
10^4     (INSTEAD OF 104)=0A=
________________________________________=0A=
From: Hawkins, Thomas A. - Student [thawkins@midway.edu]=0A=
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:21 AM=0A=
To: users@pdfbox.apache.org=0A=
Subject: PDFBox and superscript format .NET=0A=
=0A=
I am using the .NET version of PDFBox and I have a pdf that contains data s=
uch as this:=0A=
=0A=
Name                  Location=0A=
Jim Daviees              85=0A=
Herschel Walker          96=0A=
Vince Gogh               47=0A=
Andrew Lincoln        104=0A=
=0A=
I need both the name value and the location value. When I use the following=
 code:=0A=
=0A=
    Dim p As PDDocument =3D PDDocument.load(fi.FullName)=0A=
                    Dim r As PDFTextStripper =3D New PDFTextStripper=0A=
=0A=
                    Dim stringVal As String =3D r.getText(p)=0A=
                    Dim bytes As Byte() =3D System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetB=
ytes(stringVal)=0A=
=0A=
I get the following in the .txt file (also in html when I've converted it t=
o that)=0A=
Jim Daviees=0A=
Herschel Walker=0A=
Vince Gogh=0A=
Andrew Lincoln=0A=
85=0A=
96=0A=
47=0A=
104=0A=
=0A=
I'm okay with the layout, as I've got a work around for that, my problem is=
 that it destroys any mention of the superscript exponents. Is there a way =
that I can locate these superscript parts and encapsulate them in brackets =
or something so as the returned value is more like this:=0A=
Jim Daviees=0A=
Herschel Walker=0A=
Vince Gogh=0A=
Andrew Lincoln=0A=
8[5]=0A=
9[6]=0A=
4[7]=0A=
10[4]=0A=
=0A=
So, nutshell time. Can I use pdfbox (.NET Version) to locate the instances =
of superscript in a pdf file (like locating <sup></sup> in html) and change=
 it out for an easily recognized symbol to be output to my destination file=
. I picked brackets because I have no brackets in my source file whatsoever=
 and they would be very easy for me to code around. Thanks in advance.=0A=