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Extracting form data

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2007-03-20 07:29:53
JJS
Registered: Mar 20 2007
Posts: 4

We have many forms that have been Extension Enabled from Adobe Reader Extension Server. Forms were created using Acrobat 5. They are completed (filled-out along with digital sigs) and uploaded by Java app using ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data". We parse Http Request and pull out pdf. Have tried to also include parse of key/value pairs (form data) using FDF toolkit in same upload process without success. Have had success including Submit button on form and extracting form data that way but that's not current workflow. Any suggestions on how to extract form data from upload process?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 5.0.5, Windows
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2007-03-20 09:45:44
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Hmm, you want to parse data from a PDF on the server side. The FDF toolkit won't help you with this. It will only parse data from an FDF file.

Use itext (http://www.lowagie.com/iText/)
It's a Java PDF Library.

Thom Parker
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