just to add, and this may be a bit OT but not too much, LiveCylce ES can do the whole BPM gamut. Checkout a brief post from Frata systems http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/?p=351
DK On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Josh Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep—it is absolutely possible to pull the text out of at least some PDFs > (as you mentioned, some PDFs may contain text that may not be able to be > detected as text but instead may appear as image content) and as I mentioned > yesterday, Raymond Camden's PDFUtils package has functionality for doing > this very thing using ColdFusion 8. However, the data that you get out is > unstructured. Mischa: if you have an example of a PDF document from which > you are able to pull structured data, please share those details. > > > > Josh > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mischa > Uppelschoten ext 10 > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:54 PM > *To:* Web Site > *Subject:* re[2]: [ACFUG Discuss] CF8 & PDFs > > > > 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]><[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<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 <http://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]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *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. 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