Re: Compare two PDFs

[B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

You may want to look for a Java solution as RPG would be pretty difficult,
especially if the PDF is encrypted or compressed.

iText and PDFBox are 2 packages I know of that may have a text compare
option.


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On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 10:20 AM Michael Smith <msmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have an ongoing need to compare two PDF stream files and detect if there
> are "text" differences between the two.
>
> Both PDFs were/will be created via a conversion from their respective
> spoolfiles, with the data in the spoolfiles being different between the two
> conversions.
>
> The spoolfiles are no longer available to compare.
>
> I am looking for a command, service program, or process that is available
> to be embedded in our production programs(CL,RPGLE).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> We are at V7R3.
>
> TIA
>
> Michael Smith
>
>
>
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