This Filemaker web page has a reference to a list of supported
formats for importing. It doesn't mention PDF files.
http://www.filemaker.com.au/products/fmp/get_started.html
Filemaker Pro can insert pdf files into a container field, but then
it isn't a searchable document.
The pdf's could be translated to another format for importing. Sounds
like a lot of work to me.
I suggest checking out Devonthink, a database with several versions
that can import pdf files with no setup. It also uses artificial
intelligence (so I have read) to cross-reference data. I think that
it would be the most economical as it would save a lot of time.
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07575
What Goes In -- For DEVONthink to search on a document's contents,
it must be in a format from which words can be extracted. Such
formats include plain text, RTF, HTML, PDF (which DEVONthink parses
using pdftotext, or TextLightning if you have it), and even
Microsoft Word files (now that Panther natively converts these to
RTF).
http://www.devon-technologies.com/news/news2005.php
DEVONthink Personal Edition 1.9.3 uses Tiger's new PDFKit engine to
display PDF, PostScript and EPS files, highlights found text
passages directly in the PDF, supports annotations as well as
converting PDFs to rich text documents without the need for
TextLightning.
Macworld Review (Nov. 29, 2005) of Devonthink Pro
http://www.macworld.com/2005/11/reviews/devonthinkpro1/index.php
Devonthink Web Site
http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/overview.php
Doug Hogg
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Subject: [G] Most economical database
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:56:52 -0800
I've just realized I need to put my PDF files -- I accumulate a LOT of
them during research -- into a searchable database on my computer. This
leads to questions:
1. Has anyone made a product just for this purpose?
2. Other than FileMaker, what are the options for an OS X database?
3. Is there a good one for free or cheap?
4. Does the OS X version of AppleWorks contain a decent database? Would
this make buying AppleWorks worthwhile?
I use OS X Panther on a beige G3 device.
Any help is appreciated.
twv
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