Re: read large pdf file and split into separate .pdf files

[ALopez@xxxxxxxxxx]

> I am receiving a .pdf file via ftp to the iSeries IFS containing many 
> pages,
> each page a different order,many customers within a file. 
> Need to provide an iSeries IFS file web link to each order,
> so would split the .pdf file into a separate .pdf for each page (and 
then 
> do the link). 
> Later need to xmit all files for a single customer to their server.
> Is there a Brad or Scott type RPGLE tool, maybe java, or just some specs 

> on how to read thru & dissect a .pdf file.  Too many records to handle 
> interactively (5,000 weekly)  - must be batch driven. Would like to stay 

> away from
> other server solutions. This is an all iSeries web process (so far).
> jim franz

Not a roll-your-own type solution, but S4i Express can monitor an IFS 
directory for new files, read, burst and bundle pages based on the 
contents. 

In researching the issue, I found that "reading PDFs" can be too vague a 
term.  With the ubiquity of PDFs I assumed that a program that could read 
one PDF would be able to read them all.  As the old song says, "It ain't 
necessarily so!"

Beyond having the text saved internally [not combined into one big image], 
formatting differences can throw the reading software off.   The solution 
we ultimately choose [S4i] will require a PTF to read the documents 
produced by Formsprint.  I would have never known if I hadn't asked for a 
demo using the tools in question.