PDF encoding issue

limegreenman900

Hi everyone,

 

I was trying to do the most simple one can do, by reading a PDF file into RM.... I have done this several times before, but now I am stuck with (I suspect) an encoding issue.

After using the "Read Document" Operator (extract text only and use file extension as type are tick-marked) I inserted a breakpoint, before I do some preprocessing of the text. However I don't get any text out of my PDF, what I get instead is something like:

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Anyone an idea where the problem is? I would suggest that it is an encoding issue?!

 

If I go into the PDF file and Copy+Paste the text into a Word File there is no problem and the text is displayed in a correct manner....

Thomas_Ott

You can change the encoding on the Read Documents operator. Just enable the advanced settings and a new parameter box will show up in the parameter window. From there you can change the encoding.