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Exclude or Include Running Headers and Page Numbers

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Demonstrates the "repeatedHeadersFooters" filter. Text repeated at the same position on most pages, such as a running header and "Page N of 4" footers, is left out by default; set the filter to "include" to keep it. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

;  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
;  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

;  The four-page PDF used in this example is available at running_header.pdf

$oPdf = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Pdf")
$bSuccess = $oPdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/running_header.pdf")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPdf.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonOut = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")

;  Every page has the header "Harbor Lighthouse Society - Annual Report 2026" at the top right
;  and "Page N of 4" at the bottom.  By default both are excluded, so the text of page 2 is just
;  its heading and paragraphs.
$oJson.UpdateString("pages","2")
$bSuccess = $oPdf.ExtractText("text",$oJson,$oJsonOut)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPdf.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("---- default (repeated headers and footers excluded) ----" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oJsonOut.StringOf("text") & @CRLF)

;  Include them.  The detection looks at the neighbouring pages even when only one page is
;  selected, so a single page extracted on its own still loses its running head by default.
$oJson.UpdateString("repeatedHeadersFooters","include")
$bSuccess = $oPdf.ExtractText("text",$oJson,$oJsonOut)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPdf.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("---- repeatedHeadersFooters: include ----" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oJsonOut.StringOf("text") & @CRLF)

;  Sample output:

;  ---- default (repeated headers and footers excluded) ----
;  The Work
;  
;  The restoration society took ownership in 2021 with three goals: make the structure watertight, return the tower to public access, and relight the lantern with a historically accurate lens. The first two were met in the second season, and the lens arrived on loan in November.
;  
;  The spiral stair is original and is the most fragile part of the building. Twelve of the ninety-one treads were cracked or missing, and the central column had corroded badly at the second landing. The treads were cast from patterns taken off an intact tread.
;  ---- repeatedHeadersFooters: include ----
;  Harbor Lighthouse Society - Annual Report 2026
;  
;  The Work
;  
;  The restoration society took ownership in 2021 with three goals: ...
;  
;  The spiral stair is original and is the most fragile part of the building. ...
;  
;  Page 2 of 4