OCR many files in many subfolders in one shot

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OCR many files in many subfolders in one shot

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Hello,

actually i'm working on a document management system ALFRESCo to consult old newspaper article. The old articles
was scanned as JPG/PDF. But for my work i need text research, so i do re-scan all articles. Actually the are more than 6000 articles to re-scan.
So i have buyed PDF tool to batch my work, it works verry good. But... only for files directly accessible. I it possible to ocrised all files in one shot.
I mean all files, il all subfolders. While actualy i can ocred only folder by folder.


Many thanks for this programm, it's nearly perfect for me ;)


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Re: OCR many files in many subfolders in one shot

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Hello silver74,

Thank you for the post. This is possible when you choose the "Show extended dialogue for files selecting" in the OCR pages tool properties:

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In the extended dialogue, you can choose "Add Folders" from the drop-down menu:

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When you select a folder, you will be asked if you would also like to include sub-folders:

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I hope this helps!
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Thank you.

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Yess i have find this options. :D

Many thx...but...the programme crashed every time when i use less than 100 files.But i don't now why... there is no output message or crash report

The version of my PDF-Tools 6.0 (Build 318.1) on Windows 10
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Hello Silver74,

Does this crash always happen at the same % done? (e.g. my thought is that this might be caused by one particular file), or does it happen at any moment?
You said "less" than 100 files - does it work properly with more files and crash with fewer?

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It's crashing between 36% and 60%. I don't looke the screen every minute, i'm working otherwhile;)
When i chose less than 100 files everitime the pdf-tool works like a charm. But when i chose more than 100 (150) i have chance of two, the tool is crashing.

Best regards and good luck ;)
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Hello Silver74,

Thanks! So the problem occurs with more than 100 files.
I will pass this along to our devs working on the PDF Tools, and ask for their opinion.

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Re: OCR many files in many subfolders in one shot

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Any update on this question? I'm having same issue, it crashes when I've more file.
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Hello ashpdf,

Welcome to our forums.
I just updated that topic 5 minutes before you first post. Did you miss that?

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Post by Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team »

Hi Silver74.
When i chose less than 100 files everitime the pdf-tool works like a charm. But when i chose more than 100 (150) i have chance of two, the tool is crashing.
We will try to fix this issue in our new upcoming build. Please wait..

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Can you anounce a date for the next build?
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Hi silver74

I'm afraid that we can't, just yet, but I would estimate that it's roughly 2 - 3 weeks away.

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Ok, thats little bad/good news for me. While for the next week i have Ocr-ed 7000 files(2015) :? . So il must make this verry slowly. But for 2017 that wil be fast. So thats a good news for me :D

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Hi silver74,

I may well be sooner - I can only offer a conservative 'guesstimate' at this point.

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No problem for me, i prefer to wait, and at the final it works perfectly and fast for the future. 8)
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:)
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Any Update yet?
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Re: OCR many files in many subfolders in one shot

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Hello ashpdf,

This issue was reported when working with build 318. The current build is 319.0, which you can download here: https://www.pdf-xchange.com/PDFTools6.zip

I hope this helps!
If posting files to this forum, you must archive the files to a ZIP, RAR or 7z file or they will not be uploaded.
Thank you.

Cheers,

Patrick Charest
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