Excel VBA for Adobe Acrobat page extraction based on keyword

[brawnystaff]

I have Excel 2010 and Adobe Professional 10. I currently am using the VBA code to extract pages to a separate PDF that have a matching numeric value in them (based on numeric values in Column A).

I am trying to modify it so that I can use regular keywords to extract pages with content in it (e.g. cat, dog, etc.) but so far no luck. Any ideas how on what needs to be modified? Thanks.

Sub Delete_PDF_Pages()
' Adobe code based on http://vbcity.com/forums/t/51200.aspx
Dim xMsg           As String
Dim xInput         As String
Dim xOutput        As String
Dim xResponse      As Long
Dim xLast_Row      As Long
Dim xErrors        As Long
Dim xDeleted       As Long
Dim i              As Long
Dim j              As Long
Dim AcroApp        As CAcroApp
Dim AcroPDDoc      As CAcroPDDoc
Dim AcroHiliteList As CAcroHiliteList
Dim AcroTextSelect As CAcroPDTextSelect
Dim xarray()       As Variant
Dim PageNumber     As Variant
Dim PageContent    As Variant
Dim xContent       As Variant
 
xInput = "D:\Test.pdf"
xOutput = "D:\Test_Output.pdf"
 
xLast_Row = [A1].SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Row
ReDim xarray(xLast_Row)
 
xResponse = MsgBox("About to delete all pages which contain values from the range A1:A" & xLast_Row & Chr(10) _
            & Chr(10) & "Input:" & Chr(9) & xInput _
            & Chr(10) & "Output:" & Chr(9) & xOutput _
            & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "('OK' to continue, 'Cancel' to quit.)", vbOKCancel, "Delete Pages")
If xResponse = 2 Then
    MsgBox "User chose not to continue. Run terminated."
    Exit Sub
End If
 
' Files and data OK?
If Dir(xInput) = "" Then xMsg = "Input file not found - " & xInput & Chr(10)
If Dir(xOutput) <> "" Then xMsg = "Output file exists - " & xOutput & Chr(10)
xarray = Application.Transpose(Range("A1:A" & xLast_Row))
For i = 1 To xLast_Row
    If Not xarray(i) = "" Then
        xMsg = "Non-numeric ""Delete"" value of """ & xarray(i) & """ found on row " & i & Chr(10)
        Exit For
    End If
Next
If xMsg <> "" Then
    MsgBox (xMsg & Chr(10) & "Run cancelled.")
    Exit Sub
End If
 
' Open the PDF...
Set AcroApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
Set AcroPDDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc")
If AcroPDDoc.Open(xInput) <> True Then
    MsgBox (xInput & " couldn't be opened - run cancelled.")
    Exit Sub
End If
 
' Read each page...
For i = AcroPDDoc.GetNumPages - 1 To 0 Step -1
 
    Set PageNumber = AcroPDDoc.AcquirePage(i)
    Set PageContent = CreateObject("AcroExch.HiliteList")
 
    'Get up to 9,999 words from page...
    If PageContent.Add(0, 9999) <> True Then
       
        Debug.Print "Add Error on Page " & i + 1
        xErrors = xErrors + 1
   
    Else
 
        Set AcroTextSelect = PageNumber.CreatePageHilite(PageContent)
   
        If Not AcroTextSelect Is Nothing Then
            xContent = ""
            For j = 0 To AcroTextSelect.GetNumText - 1
                xContent = xContent & AcroTextSelect.GetText(j)
            Next j
            For j = 1 To xLast_Row
                If Not InStr(1, xContent, xarray(j)) > 0 Then
                    Debug.Print "Page " & i + 1 & " contains " & xarray(j) & " - " & xContent
                    ' To avoid problems with the delete...
                    Set AcroTextSelect = Nothing
                    Set PageContent = Nothing
                    Set PageNumber = Nothing
                    If AcroPDDoc.DeletePages(i, i) = False Then
                        MsgBox ("Error deleting page " & i + 1 & " - run cancelled.")
                        Exit Sub
                    End If
                    xDeleted = xDeleted + 1
                    Exit For
                End If
             Next
        End If
       
    End If
 
Next i
 
If AcroPDDoc.Save(PDSaveFull, xOutput) = False Then
    MsgBox "Cannot save the modified document"
    Exit Sub
Else
    MsgBox (xDeleted & " pages deleted. (" & xErrors & " errors.)")
End If
   
AcroPDDoc.Close
AcroApp.Exit
 
End Sub