Imports ComPDFKit.Import Imports ComPDFKit.PDFAnnotation Imports ComPDFKit.PDFDocument Imports ComPDFKit.PDFPage Imports System Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.IO Imports System.Windows Module TextSearchTest Private parentPath As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetDirectoryName(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()))) Private outputPath As String = Path.Combine(parentPath, "Output", "VB") Sub Main(args As String()) ' Preparation work Console.WriteLine("Running text search test sample..." & vbCrLf) If Not Directory.Exists(outputPath) Then Directory.CreateDirectory(outputPath) End If SDKLicenseHelper.LicenseVerify() ' Sample 1: Search text Dim document As CPDFDocument = CPDFDocument.InitWithFilePath("Text.pdf") SearchText(document) document.Release() Console.WriteLine("--------------------") Console.WriteLine("Done") Console.WriteLine("--------------------") Console.ReadLine() End Sub ' Search for keywords in the current page and record the search results. Private Sub SearchForPage(page As CPDFPage, searchKeywords As String, options As C_Search_Options, ByRef rects As List(Of Rect), ByRef strings As List(Of String)) rects = New List(Of Rect)() strings = New List(Of String)() Dim findIndex As Integer = 0 Dim textPage As CPDFTextPage = page.GetTextPage() Dim searcher As New CPDFTextSearcher() If searcher.FindStart(textPage, searchKeywords, options, 0) Then Dim textRect As New CRect() Dim textContent As String = "" While searcher.FindNext(page, textPage, textRect, textContent, findIndex) strings.Add(textContent) rects.Add(New Rect(textRect.left, textRect.top, textRect.width(), textRect.height())) End While End If End Sub ' Highlight the first result Private Function HighlightTheFirstResult(page As CPDFPage, rect As Rect) As Boolean Dim cRectList As New List(Of CRect)() cRectList.Add(New CRect(CSng(rect.Left), CSng(rect.Top), CSng(rect.Right), CSng(rect.Bottom))) Dim annotation As CPDFHighlightAnnotation = CType(page.CreateAnnot(C_ANNOTATION_TYPE.C_ANNOTATION_HIGHLIGHT), CPDFHighlightAnnotation) Dim color As Byte() = {0, 255, 0} annotation.SetColor(color) annotation.SetTransparency(120) annotation.SetQuardRects(cRectList) annotation.UpdateAp() Return True End Function ' Search PDF keywords on the first page of the article, ' after the search is completed, ' highlight the first searched keyword and save it Private Function SearchText(document As CPDFDocument) As Boolean Dim page As CPDFPage = document.PageAtIndex(0) 'rects: The collection of locales where keywords are located. Dim rects As New List(Of Rect)() 'strings: The full text of the keyword's area Dim strings As New List(Of String)() 'Search for single page SearchForPage(page, "PDF", C_Search_Options.Search_Case_Insensitive, rects, strings) Console.WriteLine("The pdf have {0} results", rects.Count) Console.WriteLine("Search finished, now highlight the first result. ") 'Highlight the first result HighlightTheFirstResult(page, rects(0)) Dim filePath As String = Path.Combine(outputPath, "HighlightFirstTest.pdf") If Not document.WriteToFilePath(filePath) Then Return False End If Console.WriteLine("Browse the changed file in " & filePath) Return True End Function End Module