This particular file is 76kb -----Original Message----- From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 January 2003 11:53 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Reading a PDF
And how big is your file? > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 January 2003 11:51 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Reading a PDF > > > we have a 256k leased line. I think there may be problems saying that but > CF is saying the page is taking about 100,000ms to execute > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 January 2003 11:46 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Reading a PDF > > > Well, > If you think about it you are asking your server to submit the file to the > adobe site. What't the connection like from your server to the net? > > As to the converter being always available. Ask them! We put a proviso in > our contract that stated specifically that this was an external > service and > was not under our control. > > Adam > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 27 January 2003 11:37 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Reading a PDF > > > > > > yup just seen that on the adobe site, tried and worked - thanks > a lot. Do > > you think that this url is reliable long term? - i.e. will that > converter > > always be available. Seems to take a while to execute too. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 27 January 2003 11:20 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Reading a PDF > > > > > > Here's the code from one of my fusebox applications. > > > > > > <!---@ Upload File ---> > > <cfif len(attributes.FILE_NAME)> > > > > <!---@ Pages with secure items must use the offline storage area. > > ---> > > <cffile action="UPLOAD" > > filefield="FILE_NAME" > > > > destination="#getdirectoryfrompath(getcurrenttemplatepath())#/documents" > > nameconflict="MAKEUNIQUE"> > > > > <cfset attributes.FILE_NAME = cffile.ServerFile> > > <cfset attributes.FILE_SIZE = cffile.FileSize > > > <!--- Determine filetype. ---> > > <cfset attributes.SUFFIX = listlast(attributes.FILE_NAME,".")> > > <cfinclude template="queries/qry_file_type_select.cfm"> > > <cfif qry_file_type_select.recordcount EQ 0> > > <cfset attributes.FILE_TYPE = "application/unkown"> > > <cfelse> > > <cfset attributes.FILE_TYPE = > > qry_file_type_select.FILE_TYPE> > > </cfif> > > > > <!--- PDF files are converted to HTML ---> > > <cfif listlast(attributes.FILE_NAME,".") eq "pdf"> > > <cfhttp url="http://access.adobe.com/perl/convertPDF.pl" > > method="post" > > resolveurl="no" > > > <cfhttpparam type="formfield" name="url" > > value="#request.site.webRoot#/contentmanagement/documents/#attribu > > tes.file_n > > ame#"> > > </cfhttp> > > <!--- Now write the content away. ---> > > <cfset attributes.pdfhtmlfile = "#createuuid()#.html"> > > <cffile action="append" > > file="#getdirectoryfrompath(getcurrenttemplatepath())#/documents/p > > dfhtmlfile > > s/#attributes.pdfhtmlfile#" output="#cfhttp.FileContent#"> > > > > </cfif> > > > > </cfif> > > > > > > Hope this helps. You don't need to do the last write away. You > > can just use > > the contents of the check for the words you are looking for. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 27 January 2003 10:49 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: Reading a PDF > > > > > > > > > I want to automatically read the contents and look for words and > > > report back > > > to CF if they are found. Don't want to use verity) as this is on > > > a document > > > by document basis. what happens if I use ReadBinary in the > > > action attribute > > > of the tag. Is the solution you suggest an automatic one? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 27 January 2003 10:27 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: Reading a PDF > > > > > > > > > What do you want to do with it? > > > > > > Suggestion: > > > Load up your document to a web accessible directory, point > Adobes PDF to > > > HTML conversion system at the document, save away the content. Bingo! > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 27 January 2003 10:14 > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: Reading a PDF > > > > > > > > > > > > Any of you know how to automatically read the contents of a PDF > > > using CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4