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APostfunctionscriptoperatesdirectlyontheextracteddata,anditsresultsreplacetheextrac-
teddata.Forexample,thePostfunctionscriptreplace("-", "");wouldreplacethefirst
dashcharacterthatoccursinsidetheextractedstring.
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Use JavaScript Editor:Clicktodisplaythe"boundaries"onpage370dialog.
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Trim:Selecttotrimemptycharactersatthebeginningortheendofthefield.
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Concatenation string:The(HTML)stringusedtoconcatenatelineswhentheyarejoined.
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Split:SeparatetheselectionintoindividualfieldsbasedontheConcatenation stringdefined
above.
Settings for location-based fields in a PDF file
Thesearethesettingsforlocation-basedfieldsinaPDFfile.
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Left:Definesthestartofthedataselectiontoextract,countingthenumberofcharactersfromthe
left.E.g.1means:startwiththefirstcharacterfromtheleft.
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Right:Definestheendofthedataselectiontoextract,countingthenumberofcharactersfrom
theleft.E.g.3means:stopafterthethirdcharacterfromtheleft.
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Top offset:Theverticaloffset(thenumberoflines)fromthecurrentpointerlocationintheData
Sample(Viewer).
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Height:Theheightoftheselectionbox,inthenumberoflines.
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Use selection:Clicktousethevalue(Left,Right,TopoffsetandHeight)ofthecurrentdata
selectionfortheextraction.
Note: Iftheselectioncontainsmultiplelines,thelinesarebydefaultjoinedandextracted
intoonefield.Tosplitthelines,selecttheoptionSplitlines(seebelow).
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Post Function:EnteraJavaScriptexpressiontoberunaftertheextraction.For
examplereplace("-","")wouldreplaceasingledashcharacterinsidetheextractedstring.
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Trim:Selecttotrimemptycharactersatthebeginningortheendofthefield.
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Type:Thedatatypeoftheselecteddata;see"Datatypes"onpage275.Iftheselecteddatais
split(seebelow),thissettingisappliedtothefirstextractedfield.Makesurethatthedataformat
thattheDataMapperexpectsmatchestheactualformatofthedatainthedatasource;see"Data
Format"onpage331.
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Split:
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Split lines:Separateamulti-lineselectionintoindividualfields.
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