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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.top_of_page"></a>PDF Utility functions</span></h2>
<p>PDF Utility functions</p>
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<a name="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
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<a class="link" href="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.html#poppler-date-parse" title="poppler_date_parse ()">poppler_date_parse</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">char</span> *
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<a class="link" href="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.html#poppler-named-dest-from-bytestring" title="poppler_named_dest_from_bytestring ()">poppler_named_dest_from_bytestring</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">guint8</span> *
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<a class="link" href="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.html#poppler-named-dest-to-bytestring" title="poppler_named_dest_to_bytestring ()">poppler_named_dest_to_bytestring</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;poppler.h&gt;
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<a name="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<a name="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="poppler-date-parse"></a><h3>poppler_date_parse ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
poppler_date_parse (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *date</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">time_t</span> *timet</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Parses a PDF format date string and converts it to a <span class="type">time_t</span>. Returns <span class="type">FALSE</span>
if the parsing fails or the input string is not a valid PDF format date string</p>
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<a name="poppler-date-parse.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>date</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>string to parse</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>timet</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>an uninitialized <span class="type">time_t</span></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="poppler-date-parse.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <span class="type">TRUE</span>, if <em class="parameter"><code>timet</code></em>
was set</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-0-12.html#api-index-0.12">0.12</a></p>
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<a name="poppler-named-dest-from-bytestring"></a><h3>poppler_named_dest_from_bytestring ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">char</span> *
poppler_named_dest_from_bytestring (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">guint8</span> *data</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gsize</span> length</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a bytestring into a zero-terminated string suitable to
pass to <a class="link" href="PopplerDocument.html#poppler-document-find-dest" title="poppler_document_find_dest ()"><code class="function">poppler_document_find_dest()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Note that the returned string has no defined encoding and is not
suitable for display to the user.</p>
<p>The returned data must be freed using <code class="function">g_free()</code>.</p>
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<a name="poppler-named-dest-from-bytestring.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>data</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the bytestring data. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> length=length]</span></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>length</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the bytestring length</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="poppler-named-dest-from-bytestring.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>the named dest. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="The caller owns the data, and is responsible for free it."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-0-73.html#api-index-0.73">0.73</a></p>
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<a name="poppler-named-dest-to-bytestring"></a><h3>poppler_named_dest_to_bytestring ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">guint8</span> *
poppler_named_dest_to_bytestring (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *name</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gsize</span> *length</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a named dest string (e.g. from <span class="type">PopplerDest.named_dest</span>) into a
bytestring, inverting the transformation of
<a class="link" href="poppler-PDF-Utility-functions.html#poppler-named-dest-from-bytestring" title="poppler_named_dest_from_bytestring ()"><code class="function">poppler_named_dest_from_bytestring()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Note that the returned data is not zero terminated and may also
contains embedded NUL bytes.</p>
<p>If <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em>
is not a valid named dest string, returns <code class="literal">NULL</code>.</p>
<p>The returned data must be freed using <code class="function">g_free()</code>.</p>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>name</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the named dest string</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>length</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a location to store the length of the returned bytestring. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
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<a name="poppler-named-dest-to-bytestring.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>a new bytestring,
or <code class="literal">NULL</code>. </p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-0-73.html#api-index-0.73">0.73</a></p>
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