If you are happy with AS3, use Alive PDF: http://www.bytearray.org/?p=101
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Paul Venton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a thought ... couldn't you use the URLStream class to parse the file as > it's being downloaded and once you have the metadata, close the connection? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas > Sent: 31 July 2008 21:35 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Can Flash read a pdf's metadata? > > Hi Michael, > The PDF specification is here: > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html > > AS3 is perfectly capable of reading it and pulling it apart via the > ByteArray class, although you'd have to write the code to do that. > > However, you would need to load the entire PDF into the AS3 app to do so. > > If this is a web client application, I'd recommend doing the parsing > serverside - there are a number of libraries for various server-side > languages for reading PDF data. > > Then it doesn't matter if you're using AS2 or AS3. > > HTH, > Ian > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi list... >> >> Might there be any way for AS2 to read a pdf's metadata? AS3? >> >> Thanks, >> - Michael M. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://zarate.tv http://dandolachapa.com http://loqueyosede.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
