comparison rankfilter_GCMS/pdftotabular.py @ 61:d685210eef3e

fix in pdftotabular tool

60:35f506f30ae4

    Converts PDF file to text
    @param filename: PDF file to parse
    @param output_file: output text file for the hits    
    '''
    
    try:
        call(["pdftotext", filename, output_file])
    except:
        raise Exception("Error while trying to convert PDF to text")
   
   

61:d685210eef3e

    Converts PDF file to text
    @param filename: PDF file to parse
    @param output_file: output text file for the hits    
    '''
    
    # "-layout" option in pdftotext call below: Maintain (as best as possible) the original physical layout of the text. The 
    #                                           default is to 'undo' physical layout (columns, hyphenation, etc.) and output 
    #                                           the text in reading order.
    try:
        call(["pdftotext", "-layout", filename, output_file])
    except:
        raise Exception("Error while trying to convert PDF to text")