Re: PDF question

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It appears that you can use Acrobat, in its full product form (not Reader), 
in Visual Basic, etc., via OLE automation. I don't have all the details of 
the implementation, but there is a Save method for a document. And you can 
save the document as an RTF type, which will give you the text only. But 
this could allow someone to completely automate the process, possibly 
involving something like MS Word, which understands RTF, or a 400 app that 
can extract text from RTF - it's a standard format, after all.

HTH

Vern

At 10:07 AM 3/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:

> Hi Jeff:
>
> I have been surfing around to see if there is something out there to help you
> (obviously you have done this also); however, I have an idea: is it 
> feasible for
> you to convert from PDF to simple text or HTML and from there to print the 
> data
> as a spooled file?  I know that ADOBE has a page that allows you to 
> convert PDF
> files into HTML and from there you can read that into the AS400 and generate a
> spooled file.
>
> Just an idea...
>
> Good luck anyway!
>
> Peter Vidal
> Pall Aeropower Corp.
> SR Programmer Analyst
> WWW.Pall.com / 727-539-8448, x2414
>
> "A good player makes himself look good;
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>
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