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Boris56
Boris56
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November 28, 2019
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How to change text color in Acrobat DC SDK

  • November 28, 2019
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Hi,

I select text using the PDTextSelectCreateWordHilite method. I need to change the color of the text characters. How to do it.

Thanks.

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Which method divides text into text runs?


PDETextSplitRunAt

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December 3, 2019

Just because colour is passed to your Enum proc, does not mean that changing your parameters changes the colour. This is a read only method. To edit page contents use PDFEdit methods. Tip 1: PDFEdit use needs a detailed understanding of the PDF graphics and text model. Tip 2: there is no mapping from text selection to PDFEdit objects, you have to reselect the objects based on their geometry. Tip 3: This is much more work than anyone wants it to be.

    Boris56
    Boris56Author
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    December 3, 2019

    Thank you very much. Now there is where to dig.

    Thom Parker
    Community Expert
    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    December 3, 2019

    If you want to change the color, or any other content stream parameters, you have to rebuild the content stream.

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
    Boris56
    Boris56Author
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    December 2, 2019

    I found that the color of the text can be changed in the Callback PDTextSelectEnumTextProc. I have done the following:

    color->space = PDDeviceRGB;
    color->value[0] = 0;
    color->value[1] = 0;
    color->value[2] = 255;

    However, the color of the characters does not change. Where am I wrong?

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 2, 2019

    Where does you change the color of the text?

    Boris56
    Boris56Author
    Known Participant
    December 2, 2019

    I want to change the color of the text in the selected fragment of the PDF document. For this fragment
      AVDocGetSelectionType (avDoc) == ASAtomFromString ("Text"))

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