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RPA Robotic Process Automation – Display PDF in Browser and Select Area Using PDF.js – Javascript and PDF.js v2.x

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How to display PDF in browser and select area using PDF in Javascript and PDF.js v2.x and ByteScout Robotic Process Automation

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// PDF file to display: var url = 'https://cdn.mozilla.net/pdfjs/tracemonkey.pdf'; // Note: if absolute URL from the remote server is provided, // you should configure the CORS header on your server. // Loaded via <script> tag, create shortcut to access PDF.js exports. var pdfjsLib = window['pdfjs-dist/build/pdf']; // The workerSrc property should be specified pdfjsLib.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pdf.js/2.0.426/pdf.worker.js'; var pdfDoc = null, pageNum = 1, pageRendering = false, pageNumPending = null, scale = 1, canvas = document.getElementById('the-canvas'), ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); /** * Get page info from document, resize canvas accordingly, and render page. * @param num Page number. */ function renderPage(num) { pageRendering = true; // Using promise to fetch the page pdfDoc.getPage(num).then(function (page) { var viewport = page.getViewport(scale); canvas.height = viewport.height; canvas.width = viewport.width; // Render PDF page into canvas context var renderContext = { canvasContext: ctx, viewport: viewport }; var renderTask = page.render(renderContext); // Wait for rendering to finish renderTask.promise.then(function () { pageRendering = false; if (pageNumPending !== null) { // New page rendering is pending renderPage(pageNumPending); pageNumPending = null; } }); }); // Update page counters document.getElementById('page_num').textContent = num; } /** * If another page rendering in progress, waits until the rendering is * finised. Otherwise, executes rendering immediately. */ function queueRenderPage(num) { if (pageRendering) { pageNumPending = num; } else { renderPage(num); } } /** * Displays previous page. */ function onPrevPage() { if (pageNum <= 1) { return; } pageNum--; queueRenderPage(pageNum); } document.getElementById('prev').addEventListener('click', onPrevPage); /** * Displays next page. */ function onNextPage() { if (pageNum >= pdfDoc.numPages) { return; } pageNum++; queueRenderPage(pageNum); } document.getElementById('next').addEventListener('click', onNextPage); /** * Asynchronously downloads PDF. */ pdfjsLib.getDocument(url).then(function (pdfDoc_) { pdfDoc = pdfDoc_; document.getElementById('page_count').textContent = pdfDoc.numPages; // Initial/first page rendering renderPage(pageNum); }); // Area selector var startX, startY, selectedBoxes = [], $selectionMarquee = $('#selectionMarquee'), clearSelectedAreasBtn = $('#clearSelectedAreasBtn'), wrapper = $("#canvas-wrap"), wrapperObj = wrapper[0], $allCords = $('#all-cords'), positionBox = function ($box, coordinates) { $box.css( 'top', coordinates.top + wrapperObj.offsetTop ).css( 'left', coordinates.left + wrapperObj.offsetLeft ).css( 'height', coordinates.bottom - coordinates.top ).css( 'width', coordinates.right - coordinates.left ).css( 'border', 'solid grey 1px' ); }, compareNumbers = function (a, b) { return a - b; }, getBoxCoordinates = function (startX, startY, endX, endY) { var x = [startX, endX].sort(compareNumbers), y = [startY, endY].sort(compareNumbers); return { top: y[0], left: x[0], right: x[1], bottom: y[1] }; }, trackMouse = function (event) { var position = getBoxCoordinates(startX, startY, event.pageX - wrapperObj.offsetLeft, event.pageY - wrapperObj.offsetTop); console.log(position); positionBox($selectionMarquee, position); }, displayCoordinates = function () { var msg = 'Areas:\n'; if (!selectedBoxes.length) { $allCords.html(''); return; } selectedBoxes.forEach(function (box) { msg += '<li>(' + box.left + ', ' + box.top + ') - (' + (box.right) + ', ' + (box.bottom) + ')</li>'; }); $allCords.html(msg); }, endMoving = function (event) { var position, $selectedBox; $selectionMarquee.hide(); position = getBoxCoordinates(startX, startY, event.pageX - wrapperObj.offsetLeft, event.pageY - wrapperObj.offsetTop); if (position.left !== position.right && position.top !== position.bottom) { $selectedBox = $('<div class="selected-box selected-box-item"></div>'); $selectedBox.hide(); wrapper.append($selectedBox); positionBox($selectedBox, position, wrapper[0]); $selectedBox.show(); selectedBoxes.push(position); displayCoordinates(); wrapper.off('mousemove', trackMouse); $selectionMarquee.off('mousemove', trackMouse); $selectionMarquee.off('mouseup', endMoving); } }; wrapper.on('mousedown', function (event) { event.preventDefault(); startX = event.pageX - wrapperObj.offsetLeft; startY = event.pageY - wrapperObj.offsetTop; positionBox($selectionMarquee, getBoxCoordinates(startX, startY, startX, startY), this); $selectionMarquee.show(); wrapper.on('mousemove', trackMouse); $selectionMarquee.on('mousemove', trackMouse); $selectionMarquee.on('mouseup', endMoving); }).on('mouseup', endMoving); clearSelectedAreasBtn.on('click', function (event) { selectedBoxes = []; $('.selected-box-item').remove(); displayCoordinates(); });

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