File Content Extraction 26.1
Filter SDK Java Programming Guide

# FilterTest

The FilterTest program demonstrates most of the Filtering methods available in the Java API. It filters an input document to an output document and enables you to specify command-line options. The command-line options are listed in Options for FilterTest Sample Program.

To run `FilterTest`

1. Add the location of the `javaapi\KeyView.jar` file, the `javaapi\sample` directory, and the Filter `bin` directory to the `CLASSPATH` environment variable.

2. Type the following command line:

       java -Djava.library.path=bin_directory FilterTest [options] bin_directory input_file output_file

   where,

   - `bin_directory` is the path to the Filter `bin` directory.
   - `options` is one or more of the options listed in Options for FilterTest Sample Program.
   - `input_file` is the path and file name of the source file.
   - `output_file` is the path and file name of the generated file. If a path is not specified, the file is output to the current directory.

Options for FilterTest Sample Program

Option | Description
--- | ---
`-is` | Sets the input as a stream. The default is file.
`-os` | Sets the output as a stream. The default is file.
`-chunk` | Filters an input source and returns one chunk of output data. The program calls the filter method repeatedly until the entire output buffer is processed.
`-docformat filename` | Extracts the file format information and writes it to a file. `filename` is the name of the file to which the format information is written.
`-summary filename` | Extracts the metadata and writes it to a file. `filename` is the name of the file to which the metadata is written.
`-getTargetCS` | Extracts the character set used in the output file to the standard output.
`-c charset` | Sets the character set of the output file. Use the option `-getTargetCS` to determine whether the target character set specified is used in the output file. `charset` is a character set defined in the Filter class. See Coded Character Sets.
`-cs charset` | Sets the character set of the source file. `charset` is a character set defined in the Filter class. See Coded Character Sets.
`-rc character` | Sets a replacement character for characters that cannot be mapped. The default is a question mark (?).
`-ip` | Runs Filter in the same process as the calling application (in process). See Run Filter In Process.
`-ooplog` | Enables error logging for the legacy out-of-process server. See Enable or Disable Legacy Out-of-Process Error Logging. Error logs are not generated when using the default out-of-process method, or when in-process filtering is enabled.
`-hf` | Extracts headers and footers, as well as the body text.
`-hftags` | Puts tags around header and footer data.
`-lo` | Specifies that PowerPoint PPT97 and PPTX file text data is output in a logical reading order.
`-lsbmsb` | Uses LSBMSB byte order for Unicode text. LSBMSB is the "Least Significant Byte Most Significant Byte," or in other words, the byte order for Little Endian systems.
`-msblsb` | For Unicode text, uses MSBLSB byte order. MSBLSB is the "Most Significant Byte Least Significant Byte," or in other words, the byte order for Big Endian systems.
`-bomarker` | Generates the byte order marker for Unicode text.
`-nodefcsconv` | Prevents default conversion of document character encoding. See Disable Character Encoding Conversion.
`-x xmlconfigfile` | Filters an XML file using customized extraction settings defined in the `kvxconfig.ini` file. If you do not enter the full path to the INI file, the program looks for the file in the current working directory. See Filter XML Files.
`-z tempdirectory` | Specifies a temporary directory where temporary files generated by the filtering process are stored. The default is the current working directory.
`-ps password` | The password to use to open a password-protected document.
`-pdflorder orderFlag` | Specifies that PDF files are output in a logical reading order. The parameter `orderFlag` is one of the following: `ltr`—left-to-right paragraph direction. `rtl`—right-to-left paragraph direction. `auto`—The PDF filter determines the paragraph direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) for each PDF page, and then sets the direction accordingly. `raw`—Unstructured paragraph flow. See Filter PDF Files.
`-rm` | If you set this option, text that was deleted from a document with revision tracking enabled is extracted from the document and included in the filtered output. See Deleted Text.
`-embeddedfont` | If you set this option, text that contains embedded fonts is not filtered from PDF documents. See Filter PDF Files.

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