Exporting pdf to xml

We want to export pdf data into xml format (the same way as "Export Data" functionality in Adobe Reader). We have a huge set of pdf files to export (approx 20K). We got to know that we can achieve this using Acrobat 9 Professional software. Please suggest whether this is the right approach. Is it possible to achieve the same functionality through some batch program. Your quick reponse will be appreciated, since we require this information ASAP for one data migration activity.

Hi Bernd,
Thanks for your reply. Can you please elaborate it more as to how I can sent up batch sequence, what javascript code is required for this purpose and what pre-requisite softwares are required to achieve the same.
I read somewhere that using Acrobat 9 Pro OOTB functionality, we can convert pdf form data into xml. We have about 20K pdf files currently that needs to be converted to xml. This is just a beginning and we expect more data in pdf files to be convrted to xml in future. We want to evaluate as to whether we can use Acrobat 9 Pro for this purpose,and how we can set this up as a batch sequence so that no manual intevention is required.
Thanks
Ajith Jacob

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