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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.
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
Text to find in the content of PDF Reader control.
<Options>: Optional constant (or combination of constants)
Search options:
IgnoreCaseCase and accent insensitive search (ignores uppercase and lowercase differences).
WholeWordSearch for the whole word (enclosed in punctuation characters or in space characters).

By default, the search is case-sensitive: the searched text and the text to find must have the same case. To perform a case-insensitive search, use the IgnoreCase constant.
Remarks
  • The text and the specified search options are automatically taken into account by PDFReaderSeekNext and PDFReaderSeekPrevious run after PDFReaderSeekFirst.
  • Android Starting with version 28, this function is not supported by 32-bit ARM processors. New PDF features require a 64-bit execution mode.
    If an application is to be run on devices with 32-bit ARM processors, it must be generated with WINDEV Mobile 27.
Business / UI classification: UI Code
Component: wd290obj.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 23
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Last update: 12/15/2023

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