getWordDirection
Get the writing direction of a word.
getWordDirection([in] LONG wordHandle, [out, retval] int *dir)
This function returns the writing direction of a word (whose handle
was obtained with
getWord). It will return +1 for left-to-right
scripts, -1 for right-to-left, and 0 for neither (certain punctuation
marks).
VB:
Dim word As Long
' make word list for page 1
pdf.buildWordList(1)
' get the primary writing direction for the page
primaryDir = pdf.getPrimaryDirection()
For i = 0 To pdf.getNumWords() - 1
word = pdf.getWord(i)
wordDir = pdf.getWordDirection(word)
...
Next i