Search for content in files (PDF)

[HerrRilke]

Hi there,

I am trying to find text in PDF files.
The PDF files are readable in (OCRed).

Other full-text searches find content.
But XYplorer finds nothing.

Any clues?

Thank you in advance!

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XYplorer 27.10 - Win 11

[Horst]

Works fine here.
Fill the fields
Name & Location *.pdf
Contents your_searched_word

Check the applied filters.

For example:

Screenshot - 25.08.2025 , 12_13_57.png

[admin]

Select a PDF file and run this script through the address bar:

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text extracttext();

You should now see the contained text. Otherwise, either the PDF does not contain text or you don't have the necessary IFilter installed. If it's the latter, make sure that Configuration > Other > Shell Integration > 64-bit Windows > Fall back to IFilters of the other bitness is checked to use any 64-bit IFilters.

[HerrRilke]

thank you,

seemms to be an error @ 64-bit settings:

settings.jpg

error for text extracttext();
is:


Failed to load an IFilter. Error 80004002: Der angeforderte Nachschlageschlüssel konnte in keinem aktiven Aktivierungskontext gefunden werden.


anything I can do about that?

[admin]

Hm. Can you preview PDFs? Do they get thumbnails?

[HerrRilke]

yes, both working

[admin]

What software do you use to open PDFs?

[HerrRilke]

PDF 24

https://www.pdf24.org/

[admin]

I don't know what it can do. Apparently, extracting text is not one of its functions.

[HerrRilke]

mh,
that ist really a drawback.
would it be helpfull to install acrobat pdf reader, just to provide sufficient dlls or what ever?
(i guess it doen't have to be the standard pdf handler for my pdf-files or am i mistaken?)

best

[Horst]

mh,
that ist really a drawback.
would it be helpfull to install acrobat pdf reader, just to provide sufficient dlls or what ever?
(i guess it doen't have to be the standard pdf handler for my pdf-files or am i mistaken?)

best

You need a tool which provides an iFilter search for *.pdf
The best is here, the free PDF-XChange viewer.
To check what iFilters you have installed, use the NirSoft tool
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_filter_view.html

[HerrRilke]

allright,
here comes the output

genpix.dll
ieframe.dll
mimefilt.dll
MSGFILT.DLL
nlhtml.dll
ODFFILT.DLL
OffFilt.dll
OFFFILTX.DLL
ONFILTER.DLL
query.dll
rtffilt.dll
shell32.dll
Windows.Data.Pdf.dll
Windows.Storage.dll
xmlfilter.dll

PDF-XChange is on my machine already. i use it sometimes for editing PDFs.

[admin]

If PDF-XChange is installed you should have these two:

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XCShInfo.x64.dll	PDF-XChange Filter Handler	PDF-XChange Shell Extension	9.5.368.0	9.5.368.0	Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.	C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\Shell Extensions\XCShInfo.x64.dll	{2B2CE3D4-B29D-4FDC-A855-C60D215B8F69}	{74F7C392-4DFA-4F71-AFCE-31CA972AC619}
XCShInfo.dll	PDF-XChange PDF IFilter Handler	PDF-XChange Shell Extention	2.5.0315.0000	2.5	Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.	C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\Shell Extensions\XCShInfo.dll	{DDA60C00-9937-453d-99E4-15967383ACE8}	{1AC7939A-F487-4C8D-97AA-062FCA5DFA3C}

[HerrRilke]

perfect!
brilliant hints! thank you!

i had to re-install PDF-XChange making sure "shell-extension" were included in the installation - now it works!

i found a maybe helpfull link on the way:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... extensions

best