[softwarelist] Re: Finding position info using O-Pro scripts
- From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:03:19 +0000
On 6 Mar, Jeremy Nicoll - freelists wrote in message
<gemini.kyv7qy000p1bd01lc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've not really considered what can be done with the script language in
> > O-Pro before, but have been looking into writing an applet to scan a
> > document and calculate bounding boxes around pieces of text in specific
> > styles (effectively like an indexer, but recording where those
> > references appear on the page, instead of what pages they're on).
>
> If one can find the position of a single character in the stream of
> characters in a particular frame, and if that frame is the one that holds
> the whole chapter, then you may be able to find the character number of
> the first and last characters on each page.
>
> Then you might at least be able to say that (say) the first or last
> character in a bounded section is positioned - say - 20% of the way into
> page <n>.
It would need to be more accurate than that, I think. I'm looking for a way
to generate PDF hotlinks based on styles set in a document, so the target
would be to be able to identify the position accurately to the location of
the line itself.
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