word of warning: The linked PDF is gynormous. 1346 pages. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff Software
#include <disclaimer> typedef std::Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard; > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Richard > Braman > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:39 PM > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [iText-questions] Reading and Extracting Text from PDF > > > I have a open source project that is attempting to structure IRS > produced documents such as publications and instructions and parse out > data that is critical to building tax software. > An example of such a file is http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1346.pdf. > This file contains e-file record layouts, which start on page > 398. They > used to publish this as text which made parsing relatively > easy, but now > it comes in PDF only, and the project needs to be able to > have good open > source parsing technology. Is Itext the right tool for this job? I > have seen it do good work on parsing the metadata contained in IRS > fill-in forms. > > > Richard Braman > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 561.748.4002 (voice) > > http://www.taxcodesoftware.org > Free Open Source Tax Software > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep > through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. > DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&; dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
