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Gianni On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:19:20 -0500, "Paul H. Tarver" <p...@tpcqpc.com> wrote: Original Thread: Getting count of rows in a text file -- best approach? A couple of times I've heard people mention reading in PDF files using FileToStr and I want to know more about reading and extracting data from PDF files. I do a lot of data conversion and interface work with lots of file formats, but I've not been very successful at importing and extracting data from PDF reports. Obviously a scanned image saved as a PDF would have to be ocr'd first, but is there is a reliable way to extract data from PDF reports and if so, how? I'm sure I don't know all the ends and outs of the PDF format, but when I try, I seem to get a strange mix of formatting details and data combined in a random way. Am I being thick here or is there really a way that I can get any PDF file from any client and then successfully extract the data elements from that format? I'm prepared to be thought of as stupid but be gentle! :) Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. Email: p...@tpcqpc.com -----Original Message----- From: Brant E. Layton [mailto:d...@futureone.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 3:17 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Getting count of rows in a text file -- best approach? |My experience was moving PDF files in and out of SQLServer tables - |found an abrupt truncation at the 16,777,184 mark... Brant Layton| |480.964.1316| On 4/26/2017 12:57 PM, profoxtech-requ...@leafe.com wrote: > RE: Getting count of rows in a text file -- best approach? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/tc49gclgfd5b2o0d05tgrmaa3jar72n...@4ax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
