XPDFViewer_GetSelectionUnicode

Type

command

Summary

This command sets the value of a named variable to the UTF16 encoded text of the current selection.

Syntax

XPDFViewer_GetSelectionUnicode <viewerName>, <variableName>

Description

The following errors may be thrown by the command:

XPDF_ERROR: incorrect number of parameters
XPDF_ERROR: PDF viewer not found

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
viewerName	string	The name of the viewer.
pageNumber	integer	The pageNumber to return the text of.
variableName	string	The name of the variable to set to the unicode text of the page.

Examples

local theSelectedText
XPDFViewer_GetSelectionUnicode "Document1", "theSelectedText"
set the text of fld "selected text" to textDecode(theSelectedText,"UTF16")

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0.0

mac

windows

Platforms

desktop

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