Verity requires a filter for the indexing of PDF
documents. This filter is provided with CF in most
cases.
The version of Verity that is included in ColdFusion
4.5.1 for Linux and HP-UX does not include a filter
for PDF files.
Regards,
Rob
--- Jann VanOver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought Verity could index the text in PDFs
> automatically! It did with
> previous versions of Acrobat. You can create a
> Verity index that indexes
> your database AND other files (pdfs) that you want.
> Try it and see.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Powers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 9:00 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Extracting Text from PDF Documents with CF
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has a method of extracting
> the raw (unformatted)
> text from a PDF file using CF? I have a project
> were we need to index PDF
> files AND associated information in a database. We
> are currently using
> Verity for searching the database with great success
> but now we need to
> index the PDF files that are associated with the
> data records in the
> database.
>
> When a user uploads a new PDF I would like to
> extract the text from it and
> add it to the database with the other information.
> Then I can use Verity to
> search all the data fields AND the PDF text data
> field.
>
> A CFX or a COM object would be nice so that I can
> call it from CF. I would
> be very appreciative if anyone can steer me to a tag
> or object that can
> accomplish this task.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Dennis Powers
> UXB Internet
> (203) 879-2844
> http://www.uxbinfo.com/
>
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