On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have successfully populated a PDF with data using an FDF file. Congratulations! What tool did you use? > What I would like to do now is get data out of a fillable PDF. Can't you use the FDF file? > I have looked around quite a bit and read that there are free third party > utilities that can do that but all I could find is libraries that range for > $400 to $1000. I don't want to use a browser (unless there is a way to do > it invisibly). > The PDF Toolkit (http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/) has wroked well for me. Dump the data with pdftk YourInputFile.PDF dump_data|dump_data_fields >output.txt and then parse the result from there. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4vG=ewtYOaryJa1bxZuCD_X-gPko2V8Wv=hs47egnb...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
