web document highlight and annotate.

spm_uk

spm_uk

spm_uk

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Just looking for for some advise. This is the flow im looking for.

Upload doc/pdf --> view document in web page --> have the ability to highlight and annotate the document without editing origional --> save and view later.

Im thinking mayb some sort of web viewer then saving highlight and annotation in an xml file?

Any ideas?

Cheers
 
No one got any ideas at all on this one? Im guessing it will have to be some sort of Javascript editor, there are a few open source out there. Im just not 100% on how to do the whole saving highlighting and annotation side.

Cheers
 
Sounds like you would have to convert the PDF to HTML and then display it using one of the many Javascript HTML Editors. (Like http://www.tinymce.com/ ). Sounds fairly do-able using some tools/libraries that may be out there. I think I will be willing to help, If you have some programming skills already, it will speed development up. Sounds like a fun project.

Edit: I have a hunch that adobe has something like this already (Which would be better than something could homebrew). Found this: https://www.acrobat.com/welcome/en/home.html
Edit 2: Perhaps google docs can do this?
Edit 3: Oh you wanna save stuff to xml file.. thats rather custom, sounds tricky with existing tools.
 
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Just a quick update to my weekend project! I know it is ugly but im looking at features at the moment not looks :)

Here is what the prototype is currently looking like;



I do not have any php/mysql hosting at the moment so im running it off my local machine.

It is pretty limited at the moment but has the basics:

* Highlight text in four different colours (this will change, with each document group having a schema)
* Saving/Loading to a MySQL database
* Ajax and Jquery so no page shifting

This is a very basic project at the moment but its the first time I have attempted jquery/ajax etc and I have 100's of features still to add for where I want it to be!
 
Hey all bit of an update for anyone interested! worked on the looks a bit as it was hurting my eyes!

Looking at adding user profiles for logins etc, so there will be uploading and saving for each user. Then im doign to work on document group tagging schema which might take a while as I still havnt worked out how im going to save etc.

I will upload when I think I have something of value :) at the moment im happy plodding along adding a feature now and then as a hobby.

Heres an update on looks;



p.s. the Document viewer is now a new jquery modal that pops up allowing you to select, upload, etc. Im still working on the CSS for it so shall show that later.

Cheers
 
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