PDFReaderSeekFirst (Function)

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PDFReaderSeekFirst (Function)

In french: LecteurPDFRecherchePremier

Initializes the search for a text in a PDF file displayed by the PDF Reader control and positions on the first occurrence found (from the current page). The text found is selected.

Versions 25 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 25

This function is now available for Android applications.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available for Android applications.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Example

// Seeks a text in a PDF Reader control and displays it
PDFReaderSeekFirst(PDF_MyPDFReader, "company")
// Finds the next element
IF PDFReaderSeekNext(PDF_MyPDFReader) = False THEN
Info("Search ended")
END

// Finds the previous element
PDFReaderSeekPrevious(PDF_MyPDFReader)

Syntax

<Result> = PDFReaderSeekFirst(<PDF Reader control> , <Text to find> [, <Options>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the text was found in the document,
False if the text was not found.

<PDF Reader control>: Control name

Name of PDF Reader control to use.

<Text to find>: Character string (with quotes)

Text to find in the content of PDF Reader control.

<Options>: Optional constant (or combination of constants)

Search options:
WholeWord Search for the whole word (enclosed in punctuation characters or in space characters).
IgnoreCase Search while ignoring the case (lowercase/uppercase characters) and the accented characters.

The search is case sensitive by default: the searched text and the text to find must have the same case. To perform a search while ignoring the case, use the IgnoreCase constant.

Remarks

The text and the specified search options are automatically taken into account by PDFReaderSeekNext and PDFReaderSeekPrevious run after PDFReaderSeekFirst.

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