Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:42:12 -0600
From: chickerland@xxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
is this still the website that converts pdf to text via email to
pdf2txt@xxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx
>To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date sent: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:01:10 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>Well, I have not received such a request before regarding any of
my
>programs that have installers. I cannot give it a high priority,
but
>will consider it as an enhancement request.
>Jamal
>On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, The Elf
>wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:36:41 -0700
>> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>> two reasons, I'll try this again:
>> 1. a person who prefers command line may not want the start
menu shortcuts
>> installed since they don't use them.
>> 2. and this is my case, I customize my start menu's,
completely, and every
>> time I update an application that does not give me the
opportunity to not
>> have the start menu shortcuts installed is updated or loaded,
the shortcuts
>> get dumped into the standard position on the start
menu/programs, instead of
>> in the location I want them,, so... every time I update, I have
to go back
>> in and remove/re-move (as in re do my cut go to location and
paste) the
>> shortcuts again! and again the next time I update, and so on at
infanitum!
>> where as with this check box in the instillation application, I
simply
>> uncheck it and my old, already in the place I want them
shortcuts do the job
>> and I do not have to go redo what I have already done.
>> and with the ones that also do not give you the chance to say no
to the
>> desktop icon, I then have to go remove the new desktop icons and
re-sort my
>> desktop as well.
>> does that clear it up?
>> regards,
>> inthane
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>>> I'm not understanding what problem that causes Why would
someone not
>>> want a program group on the Start Menu for a program they
decided to
>>> install?
>>> Jamal
>>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, The Elf wrote:
>>>> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:07:18 -0700
>>>> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>>>> no! what I am referring to is a section of the installer that is
devoted
>>>> to
>>>> where the start menu's are placed in the menu's and sub menu's,
and... an
>>>> additional item, a checkbox, unchecked by default, that says and
does "do
>>>> not install start menu shortcuts"
>>>> hope that clears things up.
>>>> inthane
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:02 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>>>>>I assume you are referring to making the assignment of a
system-wide
>>>>> shortcutkey optional, as is the case with the EdSharp, FileDir,
and JSX
>>>>> installers. I've now made that change so it is also optional in
the
>>>>> PDF2TXT installer (April 6 release).
>>>>> Jamal
>>>>> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, The Elf wrote:
>>>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 00:46:52 -0700
>>>>>> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>>>>>> Jamal,
>>>>>> this reminded me of something I wanted to talk to you about, but
got
>>>>>> distracted by other things.
>>>>>> is it possible for you to add a checkbox in inno installers so
you can
>>>>>> uncheck it and not install the start menu shortcuts.
>>>>>> a couple reasons for this, as all of us on the blind programming
list
>>>>>> know,
>>>>>> some folks insist on command line running, and may not even want
start
>>>>>> menu
>>>>>> shortcuts.
>>>>>> and my big reason is I customize my start menu but always
(except when
>>>>>> upgrading one of those few applications that have this option)
wind up
>>>>>> either arguing with the short cut selection dialog, or if its
got the
>>>>>> check
>>>>>> box, I uncheck it and use the shortcuts I already manually moved
to
>>>>>> where
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> wish them.
>>>>>> hope you can provide this,
>>>>>> inthane
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> To: <GUISpeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>>>>> <Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <UAccess-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:54 AM
>>>>>> Subject: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>>>>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe
>>>>>>> PDF2TXT now uses an updated version of the QuickPDF library,
which
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> commercially available at
>>>>>>> http://QuickPDF.com
>>>>>>> Several years worth of fixes and enhancements are incorporated
in
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> library version compared to the previous one used. Although the
>>>>>>> source
>>>>>>> code to this and other tools used by PDF2TXT is not available,
its
>>>>>>> own
>>>>>>> source code in the PowerBASIC language, PDF2TXT.bas, is now
>>>>>>> installed
>>>>>>> along with the executable.
>>>>>>> As before, the Image Format checkbox (Alt+F) is available for
>>>>>>> optical
>>>>>>> character recognition (OCR) -- using Google Tesseract technology
--
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> image-based PDFs that elude text extraction methods. Due to
>>>>>>> technical
>>>>>>> issues, there is not a simple way of aborting an OCR process
that
>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>> already started. This is now possible, however, via a
work-around
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> launching another copy of PDF2TXT. It clears the deck during
its
>>>>>>> startup
>>>>>>> phase. The Quit button (Alt+Q) may then be invoked to close
either
>>>>>>> copy
>>>>>>> of the program (though no harm results from both being loaded).
>>>>>>> As Before the Grab URL button (Alt+G) gets the address of the
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>> page in Internet Explorer and sets it as the PDF source. This
now
>>>>>>> works
>>>>>>> with versions of Internet Explorer above 6.0. The feature makes
it
>>>>>>> easy
>>>>>>> to download and convert all PDFs linked to a web page.
>>>>>>> An additional hotkey is introduced: F11 for Elevate Version
(like
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> EdSharp and FileDir programs). This checks whether a newer
version
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> PDF2TXT is available, and offers to install it. The command
makes
>>>>>>> future
>>>>>>> updates to the program particularly convenient to obtain.
>>>>>>> As before, the Extra HTML checkbox (Alt+X) uses a different
>>>>>>> conversion
>>>>>>> technology to produce a .htm conversion in addition to the .txt
one.
>>>>>>> To
>>>>>>> further increase conversion options via this checkbox, it now
also
>>>>>>> causes
>>>>>>> another technology to be used for producing the .txt file, using
the
>>>>>>> PDFToText.exe utility that is also seperately available at
>>>>>>> http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/home.html
>>>>>>> Thus PDF2TXT now incorporates three different .txt conversion
>>>>>>> methods,
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> .htm method, and an OCR one -- all of which are possible in a
batch
>>>>>>> mode
>>>>>>> that processes every PDF in a directory. The program has become
the
>>>>>>> most
>>>>>>> capable, free converter of PDFs available on Windows!
>>>>>>> Jamal
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