Questions tagged [cam-pdf]

CAM::PDF is a Perl library for reading and modifying existing PDF files

CAM::PDF is a Perl library for low-level reading and modification of existing PDF files. It is very fast, but it cannot create PDF files from scratch nor does it include a high-level API for document editing. It originated at Clotho Advanced Media, hence its name. See http://search.cpan.org/dist/CAM-PDF/lib/CAM/PDF.pm

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Tips on speeding up CAM::PDF when appending more than 1,000 files?

CAM::PDF from Chris Dolan has been a phenominal asset for me. Recent project calls for combining more than 1,000 small PDF files into one big file. All is well until the pages get up to more than 200, at which point it starts to slow down.…
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Perl error - cant call the "getPageContent" on undefined value?

Hi im trying to extract the content of pdf file but im facing the above problem my code is use PDF; use CAM::PDF; use CAM::PDF::PageText; my $file = "s.pdf"; my $pdf = CAM::PDF->new($file); my $pageone_tree = $pdf->getPageContent(1); print…
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Using CAM::PDF For Perl - Can I Read Text From A (v1.7) Password-Protected PDF File?

I noticed the CAM::PDF Perl module is built to read the text from a PDF file. Right now I have CAM::PDF v1.59 installed. I've successfully used it to read text from a (v1.2) PDF file that is not password protected, but when I try to open a (v1.7)…
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Make pdf readonly in perl

I have a .pdf that contains alot of forms that i dont want the user to be able to edit. Have tried CAM::PDF but i cant manage to load my pdf file into this. I only get a page with checkboxes but no text This is how the pdf is supposed to look like: …
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