text from a PDF.
Matt Liotta
Montara Software, Inc.
http://www.MontaraSoftware.com
On Dec 19, 2003, at 8:13 PM, Michael R. Levy wrote:
> Does anyone know of a CFX to extract the text from a PDF file so that
> it can
> be used in a variable?
>
> I'll tell you why I want to do this: I have an application that allows
> a
> user to enter several kinds of data about a PDF file while uploading
> the
> file to the server.
>
> The search function opens a page with various data about the PDF file
> and
> also opens the PDF file itself.
>
> Currently the application uses <cfexecute> and pdftotext.exe, and adds
> the
> text that is thus extracted from the PDF file into the Verity index
> along
> with all the user-added data.
>
> This way, the extracted PDF string data is associated directly with the
> user-added data and can be used the way I want it.
>
> However, we're moving the whole application to a hosted, shared
> server, and
> cannot run <cfexecute> there.
>
> I know Verity can index PDF files directly, but then that would be
> separate
> from the other user-entered data about the PDF file.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
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