From: Ivor <ivor@...>
Date: 2006-11-07T19:23:56+09:00
Subject: Re: extract info from pdf doc

thanks a mil!

I'll pass on the information.

Have fun.

Ivor

Hannes Wyss wrote:
> ivor
>
> On 11/7/06, Ivor <ivor@rails.co.za> wrote:
>> certain fields in the database record that is created for each upload to
>> be populated from information in the pdf. Does a library that can do
>> this exist, and if so, can you please point me in its general direction.
>
> rpdf2txt (1) can extract text from PDF-files. It is not very well
> documented (i.e.: not at all), but if you have any questions about
> usage, I can help you get going.
>
> hth
> Hannes
>
> 1) http://download.ywesee.com/rpdf2txt/rpdf2txt-1.0.6.tar.bz2
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