> software that is to be called without knowledge where it is installed. > directory where these tools are installed. > Set your environment variable PATH so that it additionally points to the > Sure, I thought that could not be a real question: > You clearly seem to have a solution, fancy sharing? > () works in R? i don't know, hence why I posted in this thread. > However, ow you can make xpdf available to the system so that readPDF > xpdf to convert pdfs into plain text since reading the OP email. > As for trying the readPDF() function, yes, I have downloaded and used > in the same way that other files i've used in the past are. > no harm in experimenting, and hence I learned that pdfs aren't stored > details of the pdf format, but I thought it was worth a try, certainly > I've needed in the past (eg: html, csv, dat, etc.). > I was simply trying something out that works on other types of files Wrong (probably something obvious knowing me!) please do let me know. but at least in the mean time we have the system Click New (under 'system') to add a new variable name and value.Ĥb. value: C:\Program Files\xpdf\pdftotext.exeĥ. Click through: start > control panel > systemĤ. So on my uni laptop, running windows XP, this is what i have done:ġ. Now obviously, we want to use the readPDF() function in package: tm. The above will create a new text document in your c:/./test folder. > system(paste('"C:/Program Files/xpdf/pdftotext.exe"', '"C:/Documents and Settings/clair/Desktop/test/r-intro.pdf"'), wait=FALSE) The system, but in the mean time i have just discovered the system()įunction in R which is work around for the moment. I'm on the right track! also just after reading your post, i'veĭiscoverd the system() function in R, what wonderful thing that is!Ĭlair - I'm still working on getting the files to be accessable to I haven't got it to work yet, but at least Path in windows (i wasn't aware that this is how a file is madeĪvaiable to the system). Reading your post above in order to find a guide on how to set the Uwe - ahh, thank you kindly, I was able to do a web search after Next message: readPDF() - unsure how to install xpdf to make this work?.Previous message: readPDF() - unsure how to install xpdf to make this work?.readPDF() - unsure how to install xpdf to make this work? Tony Breyal tony.breyal at The pdfinfo software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.ReadPDF() - unsure how to install xpdf to make this work? The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes: ( -help and -help are equivalent.) Exit Codes v Print copyright and version information. upw password Specify the user password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions. opw password Specify the owner password for the PDF file. enc encoding-name Sets the encoding to use for text output. (This is the "Metadata" stream from the PDF file's Catalog object.) box Prints the page box bounding boxes: MediaBox, CropBox, BleedBox, TrimBox, and ArtBox. l number Specifies the last page to examine. If multiple pages are requested using the "-f" and "-l" options, the size of each requested page (and, optionally, theīounding boxes for each requested page) are printed. Tagged (yes/no) page count encrypted flag (yes/no) print and copy permissions (if encrypted) page size file size linearized (yes/no) PDF version metadata (only if requested) Options -f number Specifies the first page to examine. In addition, the following information is printed: Title subject keywords author creator producer creation date modification date The 'Info' dictionary contains the following values: Information) from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Pdfinfo prints the contents of the 'Info' dictionary (plus some other useful
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