Re: [NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-08 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 09/07/2013 02:11 PM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Ted, upon your recommendation I purchased the book PDF Hacks. Uh, oh. For populating fillable PDF's all I did was use a program called PDF Converter Professional to identify the

Re: [NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-08 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Ted: What pdftk method do you use to get the form field data? It is not very well documented. On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: pdftk YourInputFile.PDF dump_data|dump_data_fields

Re: [NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-08 Thread Jeff Johnson
Thanks Ted! Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com www.arelationshipmanager.com On 09/08/2013 04:34 PM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Ted: What pdftk method do you use to get the form field

[NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-07 Thread Jeff Johnson
I have successfully populated a PDF with data using an FDF file. What I would like to do now is get data out of a fillable PDF. I have looked around quite a bit and read that there are free third party utilities that can do that but all I could find is libraries that range for $400 to $1000.

Re: [NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-07 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: I have successfully populated a PDF with data using an FDF file. Congratulations! What tool did you use? What I would like to do now is get data out of a fillable PDF. Can't you use the FDF file? I have looked around

Re: [NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-07 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 09/07/2013 10:54 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: I have successfully populated a PDF with data using an FDF file. Congratulations! What tool did you use? What I would like to do now is get data out of a fillable PDF. Can't you

Re: [NF] Extract data from a PDF

2013-09-07 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Ted, upon your recommendation I purchased the book PDF Hacks. Uh, oh. For populating fillable PDF's all I did was use a program called PDF Converter Professional to identify the fields in the PDF. That only needs to