Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Code Blocks and Code Spans in PDF to Markdown

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Demonstrates how monospaced text is converted by the "markdown" operation: a monospaced block becomes a fenced code block and a monospaced run inside a sentence becomes a code span. Set "code" to false to treat it as ordinary text. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

//  The PDF used in this example is available at code_block.pdf

Dim pdf As New Chilkat.Pdf
success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/code_block.pdf")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(pdf.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
Dim jsonOut As New Chilkat.JsonObject

success = pdf.ExtractText("markdown",json,jsonOut)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(pdf.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("---- default (code: true) ----")
System.DebugLog(jsonOut.StringOf("markdown"))

success = json.UpdateBool("code",False)
success = pdf.ExtractText("markdown",json,jsonOut)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(pdf.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("---- code: false ----")
System.DebugLog(jsonOut.StringOf("markdown"))

//  Sample output:

//  ---- default (code: true) ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # Extracting Text
//  
//  Load the PDF and call `ExtractText` with the operation and an options object. The result is returned as JSON:
//  
//  ```
//  new Pdf pdf;
//  success = pdf.LoadFile("report.pdf");
//  new JsonObject json;
//  new JsonObject jsonOut;
//  success = pdf.ExtractText("text",json,jsonOut);
//  println jsonOut.StringOf("text");
//  ```
//  
//  An empty options object extracts every page with the default clean-up. Set `pages` to limit the extraction.
//  ---- code: false ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # Extracting Text
//  
//  Load the PDF and call ExtractText with the operation and an options object. The result is returned as JSON:
//  
//  new Pdf pdf; success = pdf.LoadFile("report.pdf"); new JsonObject json; new JsonObject jsonOut; success = pdf.ExtractText("text",json,jsonOut); println jsonOut.StringOf("text");
//  
//  An empty options object extracts every page with the default clean-up. Set pages to limit the extraction.