You might try calling PDF Toolkit (pdftk), Adobe Acrobat on a PC/Mac, or something similar to parse the data out of the PDF file so it can be stored in OFBiz.
However, generally speaking, users might prefer a direct-entry html form over a PDF, that has to be saved locally, altered in place, and emailed/uploaded back. -- Matt Warnock <[email protected]> RidgeCrest Herbals, Inc. On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 09:30 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote: > the show stopper is there is no provision to read from a Pdf and make it > entity formatted data. > > > Santosh Malviya sent the following on 7/16/2010 8:57 AM: > > Hello list, > > > > I have to generate questions from pdf in survey, for this I followed these > > steps: - > > > > (1) Created dataResource with mimeTypeId "application/pdf" and > > dataResourceTypeId with "image"( I tried it with survey and surveyResponse > > but it was giving error of not supporting) > > (2) Uploaded a pdf in which I put data for surveyQuestions. > > (3) Created a new content with contentTypeId "document" and then associated > > the created dataResource to the content. > > (4) From surveyId tab I added pdf content id to the survey. > > (5) Then I went to the questions tab under survey and tried to apply > > questions from category drop-down(it shows name of added content id) > > but it does not show any questions from pdf after applying the selected > > category. > > > > Are these steps are correct or am I missing something. > > > > Thanks and Regards > > Santosh Malviya > >
