Sounds like code will be needed possibly or an RPA automation tool perhaps.....
If you had a tool like out Automate software it's easy to rip the text from both PDF files and then cycle through and do a line comparison and skip any date lines.
All depends on what you're looking for from the PDF.
I'm happy to mock it up as a POC with our Automate software if you send me a couple PDF files assuming they are searchable and some use case instructions on what you're trying to accomplish.
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Richard Schoen
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From: Michael Smith <msmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE: Compare two PDFs
The creation of the 2nd PDF would be at different date and time.
An existing compare PDF command from a 3rd party document management vendor has been tried and "failed" because of those items.
Michael
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Subject: RE: Compare two PDFs
You could simply perform a binary comparison between the 2 files unless other elements such as date will change.
Regards,
Richard Schoen
Director of Document Management
e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p. 952.486.6802
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message: 4
date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 16:20:31 +0000
from: Michael Smith <msmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Compare two PDFs
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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