Read a PDF

[Tommyhat]

I've made a program that takes data from a PDF and through formatting can enter it into sql tables. Im using "able2extract" to pull data from the PDF and into an HTML file and reading that into my program. The problem is, "able2extract" will format the data all over the place. In theory it will take a table in a PDF and make a html table, but it will merge cells together and misallign collums if there are blank cells.

Is there a way for me to read the pdf directly into my program's flex grid?

right now it's
pdf>able2extract>html>my program>sql
i'd prefer
pdf>my program>sql

many thanks!

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[Tommyhat]

OR is there a pluguin i can get for acrobat reader that would recognize tables? possibly insert a special character to signify the begining and end of a cell?

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[MiggyD]

I can't answer your question but You may want to cross-post your plug-in question to the Adobe:Acrobat forum on this site.

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Let us know and good luck,
--MiggyD


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