Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

PDF Footnotes in Markdown: Inline, at the End, or Dropped

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Demonstrates the "footnotes" option of the "markdown" operation. Small-print notes at the foot of a page are kept where they are ("inline", the default), gathered at the end of the document ("end"), or left out ("none"). Delphi DLL

var
success: Boolean;
pdf: HCkPdf;
json: HCkJsonObject;
jsonOut: HCkJsonObject;

begin
success := False;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  The two-page PDF used in this example is available at footnotes.pdf

pdf := CkPdf_Create();
success := CkPdf_LoadFile(pdf,'qa_data/pdf/footnotes.pdf');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkPdf__lastErrorText(pdf));
    Exit;
  end;

json := CkJsonObject_Create();
jsonOut := CkJsonObject_Create();

//  Page 1 has two superscript references in the text and the two notes in small print at its foot;
//  page 2 has a third.
success := CkPdf_ExtractText(pdf,'markdown',json,jsonOut);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkPdf__lastErrorText(pdf));
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('---- footnotes: inline (default) ----');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'markdown'));

CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'footnotes','end');
success := CkPdf_ExtractText(pdf,'markdown',json,jsonOut);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkPdf__lastErrorText(pdf));
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('---- footnotes: end ----');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'markdown'));

CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'footnotes','none');
success := CkPdf_ExtractText(pdf,'markdown',json,jsonOut);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkPdf__lastErrorText(pdf));
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('---- footnotes: none ----');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'markdown'));

//  Sample output:

//  ---- footnotes: inline (default) ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # The Lens on Loan
//  
//  The society located a fourth-order lens of the correct period at a museum1 in the next county, and an agreement to loan it for ten years was signed in November.2 The lens will be lit with a low-wattage electric lamp rather than oil, and it will be displayed as a historic light rather than registered as an aid to navigation.
//  
//  1 The county maritime museum, which holds three lenses from decommissioned lights. 2 The loan is renewable and carries no fee; the society insures the lens.
//  
//  <!-- page 2 -->
//  
//  # Public Access
//  
//  The grounds opened to visitors on weekends from July. Nearly three thousand people climbed the tower over the summer,3 with no incidents.
//  
//  3 Counted at the entrance by the volunteers on duty.
//  
//  ---- footnotes: end ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # The Lens on Loan
//  
//  The society located a fourth-order lens of the correct period at a museum1 in the next county, and an agreement to loan it for ten years was signed in November.2 The lens will be lit with a low-wattage electric lamp rather than oil, and it will be displayed as a historic light rather than registered as an aid to navigation.
//  
//  <!-- page 2 -->
//  
//  # Public Access
//  
//  The grounds opened to visitors on weekends from July. Nearly three thousand people climbed the tower over the summer,3 with no incidents.
//  
//  1 The county maritime museum, which holds three lenses from decommissioned lights. 2 The loan is renewable and carries no fee; the society insures the lens.
//  
//  3 Counted at the entrance by the volunteers on duty.
//  
//  ---- footnotes: none ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # The Lens on Loan
//  
//  The society located a fourth-order lens of the correct period at a museum1 in the next county, and an agreement to loan it for ten years was signed in November.2 The lens will be lit with a low-wattage electric lamp rather than oil, and it will be displayed as a historic light rather than registered as an aid to navigation.
//  
//  <!-- page 2 -->
//  
//  # Public Access
//  
//  The grounds opened to visitors on weekends from July. Nearly three thousand people climbed the tower over the summer,3 with no incidents.

CkPdf_Dispose(pdf);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonOut);