PDF to Text/RTF fails

[LoudLemur]

I tried this yesterday, pdf-to-rtf, pdf-to-txt. Both failed, and created empty files instead. Might it have been due to a lack of memory being allocated? App Version: 0.10.3

[nebulon]

Were there any errors shown or if the app crashed out of memory, you should see a notification about that in Cloudron. And just to be sure, have you tried other pdf documents?

[jdaviescoates]

@LoudLemur said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

I tried this yesterday, pdf-to-rtf, pdf-to-txt. Both failed, and created empty files instead.

Same.

@nebulon said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

Were there any errors shown

No errors were shown on screen nor in the app logs.

@nebulon said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

And just to be sure, have you tried other pdf documents?

Yes, I've tried numerous PDFs all with the same empty .txt file as the result.

[girish]

Yeah, I have never got the conversion to work. I think it's probably an upstream bug.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

Yeah, I have never got the conversion to work.

So I guess this shouldn't be marked as solved.

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

I think it's probably an upstream bug.

If that's the case perhaps @froodle can help?

[girish]

@jdaviescoates You can also try if running soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to txt:Text --outdir /tmp/invoice Invoice.pdf works . For me, it doesn't produce anything even on my laptop.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

@jdaviescoates You can also try if running soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to txt:Text --outdir /tmp/invoice Invoice.pdf works . For me, it doesn't produce anything even on my laptop.

When I try that on my laptop I just get:

Warning: failed to launch javaldx - java may not function correctly

[girish]

@jdaviescoates said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

Warning: failed to launch javaldx - java may not function correctly

I made this error go away by installing a whole bunch of packages. Some openoffice java support etc. I don't recall which ones now.

[froodle]

@girish this step has no OCR if that's what you're wanting, you would need to run OCR step first
In that usecase this would only carry over the image file which txt wouldn't support
However I can try debug this to see if I can reproduce if you are on about a pdf containing actual text
Could very likely be issue on stirling pdf side

[jdaviescoates]

@froodle said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

However I can try debug this to see if I can reproduce if you are on about a pdf containing actual text
Could very likely be issue on stirling pdf side

I've tried numerous PDFs with actual text and all of them failed just resulting in a blank text file.

[froodle]

@jdaviescoates confirmed txt has issue I'll be disabling that feature and add a fix to backlog

But rtf option of that page works fine for me (not in cloudron)

[micmc]

Okay, on a positive note this app saved much time today and it worked perfectly well!

Had to fax a 5 pages doc through a virtual fax app I use (since we have no more phone landline for years). The 5 pages were scanned in 5 different jpg images but the virtual fax needed one single file, jpg or pdf, with the 5 pages inside.

Went to my Stirling PDF install; YES it can be done. I chose "Images to PDF" module, added the files and created a perfect PDF with the 5 pages in it, no error, ready to send through virtual fax. Stunning!

[froodle]

This can probably be closed since Text conversion has been removed from Stirling-PDF for now due to bug in LibreOffice
Only RTF remains