1. Search a PDF document for a specific string, print all pages containing it 2. Search a PDF document for a specific pattern, print all pages containing it.

JS.PDF.SearchPattern.js

/* Extract PDF based on Content */
 
// Initialize an array that will hold all the page values
var pageArray = [];

// Initialize the search string   ΜΑΛΑΘΥΡΟΥ   "ΜΑΛΑΘΥΡΟΥ";  ÊÉÓÓÁÌÏÕ
var stringToSearchFor = "ΜΑΛΑΘΥΡΟΥ";
//stringToSearchFor = app.response("Enter search word");


// Initialize default save path
var defaultpath = "z:\\cut_pdfs\\"

// Initialize input filename and remove .pdf suffix 
var inputfilename = this.documentFileName.replace(/.pdf/,"")
var addendum = ".scanned"
var suffix = ".pdf"
var fullsuffix = addendum.concat(suffix)

// Construct  output file name
var outputfilename = inputfilename.concat(fullsuffix)

// Construct full output path
var foutpath = defaultpath.concat(outputfilename)

//app.alert(stringToSearchFor, 3);
//app.alert(inputfilename, 3);
//app.alert(outputfilename, 3);
//app.alert(foutpath, 3);

// Iterate over all pages
for (var p = 0; p < this.numPages; p++) {
    
    // Iterate over all the words of the page
    for (var n = 0; n < this.getPageNumWords(p); n++) {
        
        // Perform check
        //if (this.getPageNthWord(p, n) == stringToSearchFor)
        if ( (this.getPageNthWord(p, n)).indexOf(stringToSearchFor) >= 0 )
        {
       
            //app.alert("FOUND MATCH", 3)
            
            // Add page index to array
            pageArray.push(p);

            //app.alert(pageArray, 3);

            // Break from loop.
            break;
        }
    }
}

// Iterate over page array
if (pageArray.length > 0) {
    
    // extract all the pages that contain string into a new document
    var d = app.newDoc();

    // Iterate over page array
    for (var n = 0; n < pageArray.length; n++ ) {


        //app.alert("Inserting page")
        d.insertPages( {
            nPage: d.numPages - 1,
            cPath: this.path,
            nStart: pageArray[n],
            nEnd: pageArray[n],
        
        });
        //app.alert("Finished inserting page");

    }

    // remove the first page
    d.deletePages(0);

    //}
    //d.saveAs(foutpath)


    d.saveAs(foutpath)
    d.closeDoc()

}

JS.PDF.SearchWord.js

/* Extract PDF based on Content */
 
// Initialize an array that will hold all the page values
var pageArray = [];

// Initialize the search string
//var stringToSearchFor = "ΦΥΤΡΟΥ";
var stringToSearchFor = app.response("Enter search word");

// Initialize default save path
var defaultpath = "z:\\cut_pdfs\\"

// Initialize input filename and remove .pdf suffix 
var inputfilename = this.documentFileName.replace(/.pdf/,"")
var addendum = ".scanned"
var suffix = ".pdf"
var fullsuffix = addendum.concat(suffix)

// Construct  output file name
var outputfilename = inputfilename.concat(fullsuffix)

// Construct full output path
var foutpath = defaultpath.concat(outputfilename)

//app.alert(stringToSearchFor, 3);
//app.alert(inputfilename, 3);
//app.alert(outputfilename, 3);
//app.alert(foutpath, 3);

// Iterate over all pages
for (var p = 0; p < this.numPages; p++) {
    
    // Iterate over all the words of the page
    for (var n = 0; n < this.getPageNumWords(p); n++) {
        
        // Perform check
        if (this.getPageNthWord(p, n) == stringToSearchFor) {
            
            // Add page index to array
            pageArray.push(p);

            //app.alert(pageArray);
            // Break from loop.
            break;
        }
    }
}

// Iterate over page array
if (pageArray.length > 0) {
    
    // extract all the pages that contain string into a new document
    var d = app.newDoc();

    // Iterate over page array
    for (var n = 0; n < pageArray.length; n++ ) {


        //app.alert("Inserting page")
        d.insertPages( {
            nPage: d.numPages - 1,
            cPath: this.path,
            nStart: pageArray[n],
            nEnd: pageArray[n],
        
        });
        //app.alert("Finished inserting page");

    }

    // remove the first page
    d.deletePages(0);

    //}
    //d.saveAs(foutpath)
    d.saveAs(foutpath)


}