Check out the CFFILE tag. That offers this type of functionality. Bruce
On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Robert Rhodes <rrhode...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello again to all. > > I need a way to extract text from word, excel, text, pdf, and ppt files > with Coldfusion, as the files are each submitted via a form. The output > does not have to be particularly pretty or nicely formatted -- just plain > text that can be stored and searched later. > > Any ideas? > > --RR > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352104 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm