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   well wehaty so i win?????????At 23:26 22/04/99 -0600, you wrote:
>I've posted the archive
>http://www.empowermentzone.com/pdf2txt.zip
>
>It is about 3 megabytes in size.  The included readme.txt file is below.
>Feel free to use, share, or improve this work, which is based on open source
>components.
>
>Regards,
>Jamal
>
>
>
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> PDF2TXT is a command-line system for converting one or more files from
>portable document format (.pdf) to plain text (.txt).  It only works when
>run from a DOS box under Windows.  Suggested installation is as follows.
>
>Create a directory called c:\pdf2txt and unarchive all files from
>pdf2txt.zip into it.
>
>Add this directory to the DOS search path, e.g., within the c:\autoexec.bat
>file.
>
>Run the batch file pdf2txt.bat to convert files from .pdf to .txt format
>(leaving the PDF input files intact).   If pdf2txt.bat is run without any
>parameters (or with a /h or /? parameter), it presents a help screen that
>explains command syntax.
>
>Suppose the file manual.pdf is to be converted from portable document format to
>plain text.  Enter the following command at the DOS prompt:
>
>pdf2txt manual
>
>Suppose all .pdf files in the current directory are to be converted to
>text.  Enter the command:
>
>pdf2txt *
>
>
>Please note that the conversion process is relatively slow, that some
>.pdf files produce no readable text, and that those that do usually
>require additional manual formatting to be presentable.
>
>PDF2TXT is a combination of free utilities and batch files, offered without
>technical support.  Feedback is welcome, but a response should not be
>expected.  I hope it makes the task of reading PDF files a little easier.
>
>Jamal Mazrui
>Email: empower@smart.net
>
>
>ADDITIONAL NOTES
>
>If the conversion to text is unsatisfactory with pdf2txt.bat, another
>conversion option is to email the PDF as a binary attachment to the
>address pdf2txt@sun.trace.wisc.edu or pdf2html@sun.trace.wisc.edu,
>according to whether a reply is desired in text or HTML format.
>Conversion is also possible using a web based form at the address
>http://access.adobe.com
>where one enters the Internet address of a PDF to be rendered in the
>active browser.
>
>
>pdf2txt.bat uses the batcon.exe utility for support with batch file
>operations.  For the actual conversion, it calls pstotext.exe (Post
>Script to Text), which in turn calls gs.exe (Ghost Script), as well as
>dos4gw.exe for a DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) environment.
>
>
>The line length in converted .txt files may be longer than 80
>characters, necessitating a document viewing program that wraps lines
>appropriately.
>
>
>pdf2txt.bat can be run from the directory in which it is installed if
>one does not wish to include this directory in the DOS path.  There are
>many files in that directory, however, so it is more difficult to review
>what files were converted.
>
>
>The only directories required in the DOS path when running pdf2txt.bat
>from another directory are its installation directory and the directory
>in which Windows is installed (generally c:\windows).
>
>
>If pdf2txt.bat is interrupted before it completes processing, one or more of
>the PDF files may be left with temporary .tmp extensions rather than the
>original .pdf extensions.
>
>
>Below is the help screen displayed by running pdf2txt.bat
>without parameters:
>
>Converts a file in portable document format with a .pdf extension
>to a text file with the same base name and a .txt extension. Supply
>the base name of the input file as a parameter, e.g.,
>pdf2txt basename
>produces the output file basename.txt from the input file
>basename.pdf
>
>Multiple files may be processed with a single command by using the
>* and ? wild card characters. For example, the command
>pdf2txt *
>will convert all .PDF files in the current directory. Remember that
>a .pdf is automatically added to the file specification provided on
>the command line, so that *.pdf is actually being processed in this
>case.
>
>
>Copyright 1999 by Access Success
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>End of Document
>
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