I don't have a Vista computer yet and do not know whether PDF2TXT works there. If anyone else has or can try, please report your results. Jamal On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, inthaneelf wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:37:58 -0800 > From: inthaneelf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Jamal pdf2txt question > > a question here, or actually 2, Ken, are you running vista on the machine > your trying to do this with, and Jamal, have you been able to check and make > sure that pdf2txt doesn't run into a problem with the vista multi security > scheme? > > just a few thoughts I had wile reading these, > inthane > . For Blind Programming assistance, Information, Useful Programs, and Links > to Jamal Mazrui's Text tutorial packages and Applications, visit me at: > http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com > . to be able to view a simple programming project in several programming > languages, visit the Fruit basket demo site at: > http://fruitbasketdemo.alacorncomputer.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:37 AM > Subject: Re: Jamal pdf2txt question > > > > Sorry about the confusion, Ken -- I suspect you are trying to use an old > > DOS version on my web site. All my windows programs have descriptions > > and links on Inthane's Grab Bag site. You can search for "Grab Bag" on > > my site to get the link to his. That URL is > > http://GrabBag.AlacornComputer.com > > > > The direct URL for the Windows PDF to Txt is > > http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe > > > > If you need to do OCR on an image-based PDF, the direct link to the > > utility that uses Google Tesseract is > > http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/pdf2ocr.zip > > > > Jamal > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Ken Perry > > wrote: > > > >> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:51:01 -0800 > >> From: Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Jamal pdf2txt question > >> > >> > >> > >> I have been trying to use the pdf2txt program on your web page Jamal and > >> every time I try to convert something it just locks up and does nothing. > >> Any suggestions? Well nothing but lag my computer so much that sometimes > >> its easier to reboot than to kill it. > >> > >> Ken > >> > >> > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind