Merge pull request #739 from Kellermorph/info-box-pdf

Export component info as invisible PDF text annotations
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Laurent Trinques
2026-08-20 23:31:09 +02:00
committed by GitHub
5 changed files with 369 additions and 14 deletions
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@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ void convertUriToGoTo(const QString &pdfPath)
QByteArray uriVal = data.mid(uriStart, closeParen - uriStart);
// Skip component-info annotations — handled by
// convertComponentInfoAnnotations() in a separate pass.
if (uriVal.startsWith("componentinfo://")
|| uriVal.startsWith("http://componentinfo.local/")) {
out.append(data.mid(found, closeParen + 1 - found));
pos = closeParen + 1;
continue;
}
// Extract page number: look for #page=N or bare page=N
int pageNum = -1;
int hashPos = uriVal.lastIndexOf("#page=");
@@ -379,4 +388,269 @@ void convertUriToGoTo(const QString &pdfPath)
out.close();
}
void convertComponentInfoAnnotations(const QString &pdfPath,
const QList<ComponentInfo> &annotations)
{
if (annotations.isEmpty()) return;
QFile f(pdfPath);
if (!f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) return;
QByteArray data = f.readAll();
f.close();
const QByteArray markerPrefix("http://componentinfo.local/");
if (!data.contains(markerPrefix)) return;
int xrefStart = data.lastIndexOf("\nxref\n");
if (xrefStart == -1) xrefStart = data.lastIndexOf("\nxref ");
if (xrefStart == -1) return;
++xrefStart;
QByteArray body = data.left(xrefStart);
// Pre-scan body for highest object number
int maxObjNum = 0;
{
const QByteArray objMarker(" 0 obj");
int p = 0;
while ((p = body.indexOf(objMarker, p)) != -1) {
int numStart = p - 1;
while (numStart > 0 && body[numStart - 1] != '\n' && body[numStart - 1] != '\r')
--numStart;
QByteArray numStr = body.mid(numStart, p - numStart).trimmed();
bool ok = false;
int num = numStr.toInt(&ok);
if (ok && num > maxObjNum)
maxObjNum = num;
++p;
}
}
// Empty Form XObject used as invisible appearance for all annotations.
// All annotations reference this single object.
int emptyXObjNum = maxObjNum + 1;
QByteArray out;
out.reserve(data.size());
int pos = 0;
bool anyConverted = false;
while (pos < body.size()) {
// Find next indexed marker: http://componentinfo.local/<N>
int markerPos = body.indexOf(markerPrefix, pos);
if (markerPos == -1) {
out.append(body.mid(pos));
break;
}
// Extract index from marker URL
int idxStart = markerPos + markerPrefix.size();
int idxEnd = idxStart;
while (idxEnd < body.size() && body[idxEnd] >= '0' && body[idxEnd] <= '9')
++idxEnd;
if (idxEnd == idxStart) {
// No index — skip malformed marker
out.append(body.mid(pos, markerPos + markerPrefix.size() - pos));
pos = markerPos + markerPrefix.size();
continue;
}
int annotIndex = body.mid(idxStart, idxEnd - idxStart).toInt();
int uriOpen = body.lastIndexOf("/URI (", markerPos);
int closeParen = (uriOpen != -1) ? body.indexOf(')', markerPos) : -1;
if (uriOpen == -1 || closeParen == -1 || uriOpen < pos) {
out.append(body.mid(pos, idxEnd - pos));
pos = idxEnd;
continue;
}
// Find /S /URI before /URI (
int sUriPos = body.lastIndexOf("/S /URI", uriOpen);
// Find the /A << that opens the action dict containing /S /URI.
// Qt always writes: /A <<\n/S /URI\n/URI (...)\n>>\n>>
int aDictOpen = (sUriPos != -1)
? body.lastIndexOf("/A <<", sUriPos)
: -1;
// If /A << is not found, leave this annotation untouched
if (aDictOpen == -1 || aDictOpen < pos) {
out.append(body.mid(pos, closeParen + 1 - pos));
pos = closeParen + 1;
continue;
}
// Validate index
if (annotIndex < 0 || annotIndex >= annotations.size()) {
// Index out of range — keep original annotation intact
out.append(body.mid(pos, closeParen + 1 - pos));
pos = closeParen + 1;
continue;
}
// Copy annotation dict header up to /A <<
out.append(body.mid(pos, aDictOpen - pos));
QByteArray contents = annotations[annotIndex].contents.toUtf8();
// Replace /Subtype /Link with /Subtype /Text, bounded to the enclosing
// PDF object. Anchoring to " 0 obj" prevents hitting /Subtype /Link
// from a cross-ref annotation that sits between the previous marker
// and the current annotation on the same page.
int objStart = body.lastIndexOf(" 0 obj", aDictOpen);
int subTypeInBody = (objStart != -1)
? body.indexOf("/Subtype /Link", objStart) : -1;
int subTypePos = (subTypeInBody != -1 && subTypeInBody < aDictOpen)
? out.size() - (aDictOpen - subTypeInBody) : -1;
if (subTypePos != -1)
// Acrobat draws its own sticky-note icon for /Subtype /Text
// whatever /AP says (verified on Reader 5.0). /Square with no
// /C and no /IC draws nothing anywhere, and is still a markup
// annotation, so the /Contents popup is unaffected.
out.replace(subTypePos, 14, "/Subtype /Square");
// Encode as UTF-16BE hex with BOM for proper Unicode support (Umlauten etc.).
// PDF spec: hex strings starting with FE FF are interpreted as UTF-16BE.
QByteArray utf16be;
utf16be.append('\xfe');
utf16be.append('\xff');
{
for (int i = 0; i < contents.size(); ) {
ushort cp = 0;
uchar c = static_cast<uchar>(contents.at(i));
if (c < 0x80) {
cp = c;
++i;
} else if ((c & 0xE0) == 0xC0 && i + 1 < contents.size()) {
cp = ((c & 0x1F) << 6)
| (static_cast<uchar>(contents.at(i + 1)) & 0x3F);
i += 2;
} else if ((c & 0xF0) == 0xE0 && i + 2 < contents.size()) {
cp = ((c & 0x0F) << 12)
| ((static_cast<uchar>(contents.at(i + 1)) & 0x3F) << 6)
| (static_cast<uchar>(contents.at(i + 2)) & 0x3F);
i += 3;
} else {
cp = 0xFFFD; // replacement character
++i;
}
utf16be.append(static_cast<char>((cp >> 8) & 0xFF));
utf16be.append(static_cast<char>(cp & 0xFF));
}
}
out += "/Contents <";
out += utf16be.toHex();
out += ">\n/AP << /N " + QByteArray::number(emptyXObjNum) + " 0 R >>\n";
// Skip the entire /A << ... >> action dict.
// After closeParen ')' we have: \n>> (closes /A dict) \n>> (closes annot dict)
int actionDictClose = body.indexOf(">>", closeParen + 1);
if (actionDictClose != -1) {
pos = actionDictClose + 2; // skip past >> that closes /A dict
} else {
pos = closeParen + 1;
}
anyConverted = true;
}
if (!anyConverted) return;
// Append empty Form XObject (shared by all annotations for invisible appearance)
QByteArray emptyXObj;
emptyXObj += QByteArray::number(emptyXObjNum) + " 0 obj\n";
emptyXObj += "<< /Type /XObject /Subtype /Form /BBox [0 0 0 0] /Length 0 >>\n";
emptyXObj += "stream\nendstream\n";
emptyXObj += "endobj\n";
out += emptyXObj;
// Rebuild xref table
QMap<int, int> offsets;
{
const QByteArray objMarker(" 0 obj");
int p = 0;
while ((p = out.indexOf(objMarker, p)) != -1) {
int numStart = p - 1;
while (numStart > 0 && out[numStart - 1] != '\n' && out[numStart - 1] != '\r')
--numStart;
QByteArray numStr = out.mid(numStart, p - numStart).trimmed();
bool ok = false;
int objNum = numStr.toInt(&ok);
if (ok && objNum > 0)
offsets[objNum] = numStart;
++p;
}
}
if (offsets.isEmpty()) return;
int maxObj = offsets.lastKey();
QByteArray xref;
xref += "xref\n";
xref += "0 " + QByteArray::number(maxObj + 1) + "\n";
xref += "0000000000 65535 f \n";
for (int i = 1; i <= maxObj; ++i) {
if (offsets.contains(i)) {
xref += QByteArray::number(offsets[i]).rightJustified(10, '0')
+ " 00000 n \n";
} else {
xref += "0000000000 65535 f \n";
}
}
// Copy trailer and bump /Size to account for the new XObject
QByteArray trailer;
{
int tPos = data.indexOf("trailer", xrefStart);
if (tPos != -1) {
int tEnd = data.indexOf("%%EOF", tPos);
if (tEnd != -1) tEnd += 5;
if (tEnd != -1)
trailer = data.mid(tPos, tEnd - tPos);
}
}
if (trailer.isEmpty())
trailer = "trailer\n<<>>\n%%EOF";
// Bump /Size: original was maxObjNum+1, now it's emptyXObjNum+1
{
int sizePos = trailer.indexOf("/Size ");
if (sizePos != -1) {
int numStart = sizePos + 6;
int numEnd = numStart;
while (numEnd < trailer.size() && trailer[numEnd] >= '0' && trailer[numEnd] <= '9')
++numEnd;
if (numEnd > numStart) {
trailer.replace(numStart, numEnd - numStart,
QByteArray::number(emptyXObjNum + 1));
}
}
}
// Remove duplicate startxref if present in copied trailer
{
int stPos = trailer.indexOf("\nstartxref\n");
if (stPos != -1)
trailer = trailer.left(stPos);
// Ensure trailer ends with %%EOF
if (!trailer.endsWith("%%EOF\n"))
trailer += "\n%%EOF\n";
}
QByteArray result;
result.reserve(out.size() + xref.size() + trailer.size() + 64);
result += out;
int newXrefOffset = out.size();
result += xref;
result += trailer;
result += "\nstartxref\n";
result += QByteArray::number(newXrefOffset);
result += "\n%%EOF\n";
QFile outF(pdfPath);
if (!outF.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate)) return;
outF.write(result);
outF.close();
}
} // namespace PdfLinks