Topic: PDF to TXT line by line

[FELIX]

Is it possible to read a PDF and write row by line in a TXT file?

[VovKa]

Is it possible to read a PDF and write row by line in a TXT file?

you can use a command line tool to convert pdf to txt and then read it by lisp
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html

[BIGAL]

Does 2018 do a better job of reading a pdf ?

[FELIX]

It is to read PDF as texts.

Many thanks VovKa. Perfect.

[FELIX]

A problem. I run the program with the STARTAPP function and then open the created text file to read. The problem is that Autolisp does not wait for the STARTAPP to finish and the text file is not always ready to be opened for reading. How do I get Autolisp to wait for STARTAPP to finish running the program so I can continue?

[VovKa]

How do I get Autolisp to wait for STARTAPP to finish running the program so I can continue?

https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=20222.msg245793#msg245793

[FELIX]

Thank you, one more time.