Hi Taariq Interesting.... I wouldn't be surprised if SARS uses iText either!
Out of curiosity, do you use iText in eNaTIS? Groete, Tobie Taariq Levack het geskryf: > > For what it’s worth our equivalent of the IRS, South African Revenue > Services, makes use of PDF forms for filing tax returns and other > official tax business. > > For all I know they’re using iText to extract the info, there’s a > drive to use free or open source software in govt departments so this > is possible. > > Or maybe that was a stunt to get the Microsoft discounts that followed > in hot pursuit of the announcements, hehe. > > Taariq > > *From:* Iliadis Yannis [mailto:ilyan...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 14 April 2009 12:12 > *To:* Post all your questions about iText here > *Subject:* Re: [iText-questions] (no subject) > > I've been reading all these threads about that Pdf's as an official > IRS form (doesn't allow the extraction of information) shouldn't be > used or at least should have the user rights enabled etc or that the > IRS should use other formats to distribute their 1040 form. > > Have you ever considered the following possibilities: > > 1. The IRS is ignorant about the features a PDF has. > 2. That there are many people out there that don't have any > programming skills to create an application that would read the info > of the 1040 form and thus why bother with creating something other > than just a "View Model". People have hands so let them write the data. > 3. The IRS wants the form to be that way, so that they force you to > write it by hand (an extension to the previous possibility). > > Besides the 3 points I mentioned previously, it is to anybodies > preference to use whatever format the choose and like. > If it is xml, pdf, html, word doc etc., it is their choice and thus > outside of any critisism. > > As somebody may say "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". > > Yannis Iliadis > > 2009/4/10 Mike Marchywka <marchy...@hotmail.com > <mailto:marchy...@hotmail.com>> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:17:28 +0200 > > From: i...@1t3xt.info <mailto:i...@1t3xt.info> > > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] (no subject) > > > > > BB Holt wrote: > >> > >> I ultimately need to convert PDF to multi page TIF format. I know that > >> iText doesn't support direct conversion of PDF to TIFF, but is it > >> possible to Export PDF to Bitmap format, then convert the BMP file to > >> TIF? Also, do you have any C# examples of how to export PDF to Bitmap > >> format. Thank you for your help! > > > > iText doesn't "render" PDF, not to TIFF, not to bitmap. > > You need something like PDF Renderer (SUN; GPL) or JPEDAL (IDR > > Solutions; GPL). > > I did a quick google search for this, apparently the source code is > 83megs??? > > https://pdf-renderer.dev.java.net/ > > [ again, I'm just trying to get the numbers out of an IRS 1040 pdf file, > which I guess could have been easy has the IRS enabled user rights > or granted any other rights that should have been enabled by default for > me to use the information I typed into what is otherwise an > information black hole ] > > I'm going to start using this as a "disclaimer" in my sigfile, written > while waiting > for the download, similar to the legal mumbo > jumbo you often read about "intended recipient" etc etc: > > "Note to anyone preparing PDF files for information providing sites: if > you want to provide a pdf file for appearances, carefully consider > annotation > or more "primitive" (flexible and simple ) formats in which to make the > information ( which may be more naturally represented as text or images) > available. Where primary sources can be cited, please include links in > appropriate > places and enable and make sure the default settings for authoring > tools don't 'protect' ( LOL jumble ) information you wished to make > available. > Computers can be used to actually AUTOMATE data processing but > A VIEW IS NOT A MODEL!" > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry > http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile1_042009 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. 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