Search PDF files

The piece of code below came from Dr J and im still impressed by it, It searches word docs for a key word and then lists the results in the spreadsheet

Now im really asking but was wondering is it possible to do something similar with pdf acrobat files

Being able to open pdf files from excel would be a start

Anyway thought id ask and get you thinking cause this is over my head at the moment

Thanks

Gibbo

Code:

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Option Compare Text
Option Explicit
 
Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS As Long = &H1
Private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN As Long = &H2
Private Const BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS As Long = &H8
Private Const BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER As Long = &H1000
Private Const BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER As Long = &H2000
Private Const BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES As Long = &H4000
Private Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260
Type BrowseInfo
    hOwner                  As Long
    pidlRoot                As Long
    pszDisplayName          As String
    lpszINSTRUCTIONS        As String
    ulFlags                As Long
    lpfn                    As Long
    lParam                  As Long
    iImage                  As Long
End Type
Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    hwnd                    As Long
    wFunc                  As Long
    pFrom                  As String
    pTo                    As String
    fFlags                  As Integer
    fAnyOperationsAborted  As Boolean
    hNameMappings          As Long
    lpszProgressTitle      As String
End Type
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDListA Lib "shell32.dll" ( _
ByVal pidl As Long, _
ByVal pszBuffer As String) As Long
Declare Function SHBrowseForFolderA Lib "shell32.dll" ( _
lpBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo) As Long
 
Function BrowseFolder(Optional Caption As String = "") As String
Dim BrowseInfo      As BrowseInfo
Dim FolderName      As String
Dim ID              As Long
Dim Res            As Long
With BrowseInfo
    .hOwner = 0
    .pidlRoot = 0
    .pszDisplayName = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
    .lpszINSTRUCTIONS = Caption
    .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
    .lpfn = 0
End With
FolderName = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
ID = SHBrowseForFolderA(BrowseInfo)
If ID Then
    Res = SHGetPathFromIDListA(ID, FolderName)
    If Res Then
        BrowseFolder = Left$(FolderName, InStr(FolderName, _
        vbNullChar) - 1)
    End If
End If
End Function
 
Sub ListText()
Dim AppWrd          As New Word.Application
Dim Doc            As Word.Document
Dim Search          As String
Dim Prompt          As String
Dim Title          As String
Dim PageX()        As Long
Dim LineX()        As Long
Dim FPath()        As String
Dim FName()        As String
Dim Row            As Long
Dim Counter        As Long
Dim Pos            As Double
Dim Path            As String
Dim FileName        As String
Dim MyResponse      As VbMsgBoxResult
Dim StartLine      As Long
Dim StartPage      As Long
Dim WS              As Worksheet
WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros True
'*** Get folder from user ***
Prompt = "Select the folder with the files that you want to search through."
Title = "Folder Selection"
MsgBox Prompt, vbInformation, Title
Path = BrowseFolder("Select A Folder")
If Path = "" Then
    Prompt = "You didn't select a folder. The procedure has been canceled."
    Title = "Procedure Canceled"
    MsgBox Prompt, vbCritical, Title
    GoTo Canceled:
End If
'*** This code works with XP only and is also used to pick a folder ***
'Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker) .Show
'Path = CurDir
Prompt = "What do you want to search for?"
Title = "Search Criteria"
Search = InputBox(Prompt, Title)
If Search = "" Then
    GoTo Canceled
End If
'*** Confirm the procedure before continuing ***
Prompt = "Are you sure that you want to search all the files in the folder:" & _
    vbCrLf & Path & " for " & """" & Search & """" & "?"
Title = "Confirm Procedure"
MyResponse = MsgBox(Prompt, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, Title)
If MyResponse = vbNo Then
    GoTo Canceled:
End If
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'*** Loop through all Word documents and search each of
'***them for the specified criteria***
FileName = Dir(Path & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
Do Until FileName = ""
    On Error Resume Next
    Set Doc = AppWrd.Documents.Open(Path & "\" & FileName, ReadOnly:=True, _
    PasswordDocument:="DRJWasHere")
    If Err <> 0 Then
        GoTo NextLoop:
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
    With Doc
    AppWrd.Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
        With AppWrd.Selection.Find
        .Text = Search
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindContinue
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    AppWrd.Selection.Find.Execute
    If AppWrd.Selection.Range.Text <> Search Then
        GoTo NextLoop:
    End If
Pos = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
Counter = Counter + 1
ReDim Preserve LineX(1 To Counter)
ReDim Preserve PageX(1 To Counter)
ReDim Preserve FPath(1 To Counter)
ReDim Preserve FName(1 To Counter)
LineX(Counter) = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
PageX(Counter) = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdActiveEndPageNumber)
FPath(Counter) = Doc.Path
FName(Counter) = Doc.Name
StartLine = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
StartPage = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdActiveEndPageNumber)
AppWrd.Selection.Find.Execute
Do While Pos <> AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage) Or _
StartLine <> AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdFirstCharacterLineNumber) Or _
StartPage <> AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdActiveEndPageNumber)
Counter = Counter + 1
ReDim Preserve LineX(1 To Counter)
ReDim Preserve PageX(1 To Counter)
ReDim Preserve FPath(1 To Counter)
ReDim Preserve FName(1 To Counter)
If LineX(Counter - 1) = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdFirstCharacterLineNumber) And _
PageX(Counter - 1) = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdActiveEndPageNumber) And _
Pos = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage) Then
Exit Do
Else
LineX(Counter) = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
PageX(Counter) = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdActiveEndPageNumber)
FPath(Counter) = Doc.Path
FName(Counter) = Doc.Name
Pos = _
AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
AppWrd.Selection.Find.Execute
End If
Loop
NextLoop:
End With
Doc.Close False
Set Doc = Nothing
On Error GoTo 0
FileName = Dir()
Loop
If Counter = 0 Then
    MsgBox Search & " was not found.", vbInformation, "Zero Results For Search"
    GoTo Canceled:
End If
Set WS = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
With WS
    .Range("A1").Value = "Occurrences of the word " & """" & Search & """"
    .Range("A1:C1").Merge
    .Range("A2").Value = "Document Path"
    .Range("B2").Value = "Page Number"
    .Range("C2").Value = "Line Number"
    .Range("A1:C2").Font.Bold = True
    .Range("A1:C2").HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
For Row = UBound(LineX) To 1 Step -1
If PageX(Row) = 0 Or LineX(Row) = 0 Then
Else
.Range("B" & Row + 2).Value = PageX(Row)
.Range("C" & Row + 2).Value = LineX(Row)
.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=.Range("A" & Row + 2), _
Address:=FPath(Row) & "\" & FName(Row), TextToDisplay:=FName(Row)
End If
Next Row
.Range("A:C").EntireColumn.AutoFit
End With
Canceled:
AppWrd.Quit
Set Doc = Nothing
Set AppWrd = Nothing
WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros False
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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Hi Gibbo,

in that code Dr J is instanciating a Word App to do the search using Microsoft Word as it can be "commanded" by VBA, but Adobe Acrobat Reader doesnt support VBA, nor any other macro language and none out of Microsoft Office Apps can read a pdf document so, it cant be done unless you find some kind of add-in that allow any office application to read a pdf file.

This is the dept of my knowledge, maybe someone else knows a way to do it,
:dunno

Quote:

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Originally Posted by gibbo1715

.....Being able to open pdf files from excel would be a start....

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Hi Gibbo,

You can use the hyperlink method to open most things. For example, this opens a PDF document on my PC called "General_2004" that's in the same folder as the workbook calling it. All you need to do is set the path from your book to your PDF doc.

(I dont know whether you can use the above code with it, though. However there are several programs around that convert PDF to Word - in rich text format - that may assist here also)

Code:

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Sub OpenWord_FollowHyperlink()
On Error GoTo 1
ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink ActiveWorkbook.Path & _
"\General_2004.pdf", NewWindow:=True
Application.WindowState = xlNormal
Exit Sub
1: MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub

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Great John,

well, if its converted to rtf then can easily be searched by word and if its converted from rtf to txt even by excel. Right John?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Paleo

Great John,

well, if its converted to rtf then can easily be searched by word and if its converted from rtf to txt even by excel. Right John?

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Without trying it - probably. However these conversion programs (such as the one I have) are usually very slow, it'd probably be best to just convert it into an RTF doc first...

John

Try this.

Code:

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Option Explicit
Option Compare Text
Option Explicit
 
Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS As Long = &H1
Private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN As Long = &H2
Private Const BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS As Long = &H8
Private Const BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER As Long = &H1000
Private Const BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER As Long = &H2000
Private Const BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES As Long = &H4000
Private Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260
 
Type BrowseInfo
    hOwner As Long
    pidlRoot As Long
    pszDisplayName As String
    lpszINSTRUCTIONS As String
    ulFlags As Long
    lpfn As Long
    lParam As Long
    iImage As Long
End Type
Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    hwnd As Long
    wFunc As Long
    pFrom As String
    pTo As String
    fFlags As Integer
    fAnyOperationsAborted As Boolean
    hNameMappings As Long
    lpszProgressTitle As String
End Type
 
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDListA Lib "shell32.dll" ( _
ByVal pidl As Long, _
ByVal pszBuffer As String) As Long
 
Declare Function SHBrowseForFolderA Lib "shell32.dll" ( _
lpBrowseInfo As BrowseInfo) As Long
 
Function BrowseFolder(Optional Caption As String = "") As String
Dim BrowseInfo      As BrowseInfo
    Dim FolderName      As String
    Dim ID              As Long
    Dim Res            As Long
With BrowseInfo
        .hOwner = 0
        .pidlRoot = 0
        .pszDisplayName = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
        .lpszINSTRUCTIONS = Caption
        .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
        .lpfn = 0
    End With
    FolderName = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
    ID = SHBrowseForFolderA(BrowseInfo)
    If ID Then
        Res = SHGetPathFromIDListA(ID, FolderName)
        If Res Then
            BrowseFolder = Left$(FolderName, InStr(FolderName, _
            vbNullChar) - 1)
        End If
    End If
End Function
 
Sub ListText()
Dim AppWrd          As New Word.Application
    Dim Doc            As Word.Document
    Dim Search          As String
    Dim Prompt          As String
    Dim Title          As String
    Dim PageX()        As Long
    Dim LineX()        As Long
    Dim FPath()        As String
    Dim FName()        As String
    Dim Row            As Long
    Dim Counter        As Long
    Dim Pos            As Double
    Dim Path            As String
    Dim FileName        As String
    Dim MyResponse      As VbMsgBoxResult
    Dim StartLine      As Long
    Dim StartPage      As Long
    Dim WS              As Worksheet
'*** Get folder from user ***
    Prompt = "Select the folder with the files that you want to search through."
    Title = "Folder Selection"
    MsgBox Prompt, vbInformation, Title
Path = BrowseFolder("Select A Folder")
    If Path = "" Then
        Prompt = "You didn't select a folder. The procedure has been canceled."
        Title = "Procedure Canceled"
        MsgBox Prompt, vbCritical, Title
GoTo Canceled:
    End If
'*** This code works with XP only and is also used to pick a folder ***
    'Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)  .Show
    'Path = CurDir
Prompt = "What do you want to search for?"
    Title = "Search Criteria"
    Search = InputBox(Prompt, Title)
    If Search = "" Then
GoTo Canceled:
    End If
'*** Confirm the procedure before continuing ***
    Prompt = "Are you sure that you want to search all the files in the folder:" & _
    vbCrLf & Path & " for " & """" & Search & """" & "?"
    Title = "Confirm Procedure"
    MyResponse = MsgBox(Prompt, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, Title)
    If MyResponse = vbNo Then
GoTo Canceled:
    End If
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'*** Loop through all Word documents and search
    '***each of them for the specified criteria***
    FileName = Dir(Path & "\*.pdf", vbNormal)
    Do Until FileName = ""
        Set Doc = AppWrd.Documents.Add
        On Error Resume Next
        AppWrd.Selection.InsertFile FileName:=Path & "\" & FileName, _
        Range:="", ConfirmConversions:=False, Link:=False, Attachment:=False
        If Err <> 0 Then
GoTo NextLoop:
        End If
        On Error GoTo 0
With Doc
            AppWrd.Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
            With AppWrd.Selection.Find
                .Text = Search
                .Replacement.Text = ""
                .Forward = True
                .Wrap = wdFindContinue
                .Format = False
                .MatchCase = False
                .MatchWholeWord = False
                .MatchWildcards = False
                .MatchSoundsLike = False
                .MatchAllWordForms = False
            End With
            AppWrd.Selection.Find.Execute
            If AppWrd.Selection.Range.Text <> Search Then
GoTo NextLoop:
            End If
            Pos = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
            wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
            Counter = Counter + 1
            ReDim Preserve LineX(1 To Counter)
            ReDim Preserve PageX(1 To Counter)
            ReDim Preserve FPath(1 To Counter)
            ReDim Preserve FName(1 To Counter)
            LineX(Counter) = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
            wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
            PageX(Counter) = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
            wdActiveEndPageNumber)
            FPath(Counter) = Path & "\"
            FName(Counter) = FileName
            StartLine = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
            wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
            StartPage = AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
            wdActiveEndPageNumber)
            AppWrd.Selection.Find.Execute
            Do While Pos <> AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
            wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage) Or _
                StartLine <> AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                wdFirstCharacterLineNumber) Or _
                StartPage <> AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                wdActiveEndPageNumber)
                Counter = Counter + 1
                ReDim Preserve LineX(1 To Counter)
                ReDim Preserve PageX(1 To Counter)
                ReDim Preserve FPath(1 To Counter)
                ReDim Preserve FName(1 To Counter)
If LineX(Counter - 1) = _
                AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                wdFirstCharacterLineNumber) And _
                PageX(Counter - 1) = _
                AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                wdActiveEndPageNumber) And _
                Pos = _
                AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage) Then
                    Exit Do
                Else
                    LineX(Counter) = _
                    AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                    wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)
                    PageX(Counter) = _
                    AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                    wdActiveEndPageNumber)
                    FPath(Counter) = Path & "\"
                    FName(Counter) = FileName
                    Pos = _
                    AppWrd.Selection.Range.Information( _
                    wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage)
                    AppWrd.Selection.Find.Execute
                End If
Loop
NextLoop:
End With
        Doc.Close False
        Set Doc = Nothing
        On Error GoTo 0
        FileName = Dir()
    Loop
If Counter = 0 Then
        MsgBox Search & " was not found.", vbInformation, "Zero Results For Search"
GoTo Canceled:
    End If
Set WS = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
    With WS
        .Range("A1").Value = "Occurrences of the word " & """" & Search & """"
        .Range("A1:C1").Merge
        .Range("A2").Value = "Document Path"
        .Range("B2").Value = "Page Number"
        .Range("C2").Value = "Line Number"
        .Range("A1:C2").Font.Bold = True
        .Range("A1:C2").HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
For Row = UBound(LineX) To 1 Step -1
            If PageX(Row) = 0 Or LineX(Row) = 0 Then
            Else
                .Range("B" & Row + 2).Value = PageX(Row)
                .Range("C" & Row + 2).Value = LineX(Row)
                .Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=.Range("A" & Row + 2), _
                Address:=FPath(Row) & "\" & FName(Row), TextToDisplay:=FName(Row)
            End If
        Next Row
        .Range("A:C").EntireColumn.AutoFit
    End With
Canceled:
AppWrd.Quit
    Set Doc = Nothing
    Set AppWrd = Nothing
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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Well I thought this might be impossible but you solved it in a few hours, you guys really are the fountain of all knowledge!!!!!

thankyou

You're Welcome :beerchug:

Now it's up to you to find something to challenge us. :)

Take Care

I'll try next time Jake, thought that one might challenge u!!!

Just quickly before I leave you in peace how do I activate the hyperlinklink from my listbox on my userform?

[VBA]Range("A1").Hyperlinks(1).Follow NewWindow:=False, AddHistory:=True[/VBA]

Of course you will have to determine the actual range of the hyperlink and replace "A1" with that cell.

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but Adobe Acrobat Reader doesnt support VBA

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Well I think that depends on what you have installed. With just Acrobat reader installed, I don't think there's much available but with other versions, part of the Acrobat object model is exposed. Have a look in your references list in VBA, you may be surprised to see what you can get hold of. I posted a reply to a (vaguely) similar question:
http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1554

www.planetpdf.com is also a good resource.

Enjoy
K :-)

Hi Killian,

this is great, thanks.