Extracting PDF Links & Properties/Actions

[SergRamIII]

I have a large PDF document, over 900 pages, with a large number of links throughout the document (~1,000) for:

1. Page View links; and
2. Web Page reference links.

Is there an efficient method to extract a list of these links, along with their properties/actions, for the following reason(s):

1. verify that a link has an action associated with it (i.e. Go to a page view, Open a web page, etc.); and/or
2. verify that a link is connected to the correct page view, within the document.

Example:  My cover page currently has 70 "page view" links. I would like to efficiently see what pages those links are linked to, without having to view each individual link and its properties. This would quickly show me links that have no actions and allow me to verify my links are correctly linked to their designated page views.

[try67]

It's complicated to do that in Acrobat. It might be possible with a plugin, but those are not simple to develop. You can ask about plugins here: Acrobat SDK

Another option is to use a stand-alone tool that will generate a report, which you can then use to look for issues.

If you're interested in hiring someone to develop the latter for you feel free to contact me privately (try6767 at gmail.com) to discuss it further. I've developed very similar tools in the past so it should not be a problem.