re[2]: [ACFUG Discuss] CF8 & PDFs

[Mischa Uppelschoten ext 10]

It is not necessary to use a true PDF form (with identified fields and values) to be able to extract text from it. I just printed a PO from our system using an open source PDF printer and then converted it back into Excel. There are some applications that use a bitmap format like tiff or jpg as an intermediary to produce a PDF. Documents from these systems could obviously not easily be converted back into text. /m     : I think (Josh please correct me) that the availability of the data in the :  final PDF file has more to do with how the PDF was created. If you just use a :  PDF printer to create the file your data isnt available, but my understanding :  was that if you used a "PDF form" on in the input side then the data is still :  in those form fields in the binary file and thus extractable. Otherwise I :  dont see what the excitement would be about with PDF workflows in Livecycle. :   : On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :   : Ok, I took your advice from your first post and converted it to text and :  dumped it just to see what I would be dealing with.  I understand what you :  are saying about pulling structured data from an unstructured source.  I :  guess my thought was if the the document was created from a form, that there :  may be a way to pull the form fields out once the document had been :  created.... and the answer is no. : -- : Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED] : "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Dont push it." - Jeff Atwood :   : ------------------------------------------------------------- : To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @   : http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform :   : For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists : Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ : List hosted by FusionLink : ------------------------------------------------------------- Mischa Uppelschoten The Banker's Exchange, LLC. 4200 Highlands Parkway SE Suite A Smyrna, GA 30082-5198 Phone:    (404) 605-0100 ext. 10 Fax:    (404) 355-7930 Web:    www.BankersX.com Follow this link for Instant Web Chat: http://www.bankersx.com/Contact/chat.cfm?Queue=MUPPELSCHOTEN ----------------------- Original Message -----------------------    From: "Howard Fore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: discussion@acfug.org Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:39:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] CF8 & PDFs    I think (Josh please correct me) that the availability of the data in the final PDF file has more to do with how the PDF was created. If you just use a PDF printer to create the file your data isn't available, but my understanding was that if you used a "PDF form" on in the input side then the data is still in those form fields in the binary file and thus extractable. Otherwise I don't see what the excitement would be about with PDF workflows in Livecycle. On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, I took your advice from your first post and converted it to text and dumped it just to see what I would be dealing with.  I understand what you are saying about pulling structured data from an unstructured source.  I guess my thought was if the the document was created from a form, that there may be a way to pull the form fields out once the document had been created.... and the answer is no. -- Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------