Extracting XML for PDF

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could possibly help me, I need to be able to extract specific information from PDFs in the XML markup language. I was wondering how I would go about doing such a thing, I was thinking of constructing an algorithm which would automatically identify and output the specific information in XML. So what I am saying is, is there an easier way to achieve my goal without needing to code or is an algorithm the right way to go? So if using an algorithm is the best way then could someone please explain how I would start it off and I would take over once I've grasped the concept.
Thanks in advance for any advice given and sorry if I haven't described myself properly and would like to apologize in advance if I have posted this in the wrong forum section.
Frazer.

This is, less basic, and more conceptually impossible.
All that exists in the PDF is a collection of characters (letters) with positions on the page. It is possible to arrange these into words and lines.
To get more meaning requires detailed analysis of the words. Unless all your invoices are from the same organisation with exactly the same layout, this seems a manual process. You can start with extracting the text.

Similar Messages

Need help for extract XML fron PDF

I am a newbee for javascript developer and i don know about Acrobat my requirement is Extract XML from PDF document there is any possiblities to do this from acrobat professional if is it possible please guide me to do this thank you

i have a separate DTD for my own XML i want to extract my PDF files to that
XML is it possible may i know how the acrobat export as xml feature works

Extracting XML from Pdf form

There is an industry standard pdf form with an underlying XML schema which can be opened in Adobe reader.
The form has a custom button on Page 2 called "export" which can be manually clicked to export the XML file.
We will have hundreds of these forms. How would I automate the extraction of this XML document?
I would prefer to just write a simple script and extract out the xml to a file folder
Thanks for your help.

Thanks Patrick.
We are thinking about using a third party native Java library to do this (http://www.qoppa.com/pdffields/jpfindex.html). I was hoping we could use acrobat reader, since everyone has it!
Here are a few more things.
1. We are an Software Vendor that sells our solutions - our software solutions need to extract the xml from pdf. We have a java based program that parses this xml and does stuff with it.
2. Obviously, we would need to be able to redistribute whatever solution we use to extract the xml from pdf.
3. Can Acrobat Professional batch mode be executed from Java?
4.. If so, Instead of distributing a full blown Acrobat Professional or requiring customers to buy it, is there a library that Adobe provides that we could repackage and ewdistribute? If so, can you send me some pointers on where I could find what those libraries would be and how much would they cost for each distribution we do.
5. If no, are you familiar with qoppa or do you have recommendations on any other third party libary for Java?
Thanks a bunch!

Text extraction script for pdf documents

Hello Everyone,
As everyone in the U.S. knows Tax Season has begun. I am looking to the Apple Community for help with a script that will help me mitigate the daunting task of manually extracting data from my bank statements to put into my expense tracking software. The software that I am using at the moment is "Neat Receipts" which will only inport ."pdf" and image files. I have very limited scripting knowledge at this point, however, I have begun the process of learning the craft. With deadines steadily approaching I have put off the task of manually combing through hundreds of pages of docs in search of a more eficient way of accomplishing this task. Therefore, I have turned to the Apple Community for help for myself and possibly millions of others with the same issue.
Thus far, I have downloaded all of my bank statements for the last year and have organized them into a folder on my desktop. Each file is labled by a specific name, such a "TD Bank Statement - Jan 2012.pdf". I would like to go about extracting the data from the pdf in a way as to be able to reimport it back to a seperate pdf file under a new name. First, I would like to select the folder containing all the bank statements. Second, I would like to retrieve the "Transaction Date", "Vendor", and "Transaction Amount" from all the stements. Third, I would like to combine the, Date", "Vendor", and "Transaction Amount" and place it into a new "pdf" file. Last, I would like to name the new file with the date of the transaction followed by the vendor, a delimiter, and then the file name from which the transaction originated fileNext export a single trasnaction to a new pdf, and give the file the name of its "transaction date.
Here is a sample of the data I am looking to capture:
Sample Data would look like this:
12/6/13, WAL WAL MART SUPER, $25.37
Sample file output would look like this:
12/6/13, WAL WAL MART SUPER - TD Bank Statement - Jan 2012.PDF
I am actively working on this, as I type this, to test my knowledge and ability to solve this problem myself. I would like some feedback, input, and help with this
First, I believe the script should first perform an OCR of the "pdf file
Second, variables should be set to tell the script what to look for (Date), (transaction Amount), and all lines proceeding until it hits another (date)
Third, group all lines and insert (delimiter) in place of hard returns and tabs
Fourth, export grouped data into (new pdf) fie
Fifth, rename the (new pdf) file with (Transaction date) followed by (delimiter) followed by original file name

Acrobat can only work with what is present in the file. For instance,
in some cases there is just a scan, a picture, and no text can be
extracted.
Sometimes letters are doubled up when the document's creator used
"fake bold", where letters are printed twice to make an illusion of
bold text.
Aandi Inston

Extract embedded xml from PDF/A-3b (also creation)

Hello there,
in the context of a research project, we are currently trying to extract embedded xml from a PDF/A-3b document via code.
The project deals with establishing a new invoicing standard (Zugferd: ferd-net.de, only german). Invoices are expressed via xml, which is embedded in PDF/A.
What we are trying to archive is extraction of the xml via java code. For testing purposes, we are currently using an third party skd to extract the invoice-xml, by calling a .EXE file and then picking up the results in java.
I currently have only one valid example file that can be processed via this sdk. To get more data, i used the test version of acrobat pro to alter the embedded xml file. To be more specific, i deleted the embedded file, added a new xml file, and used preflight to make the PDF conform to /A-3b. Although the file seems to have the same properties as the original, it can no more be processed via the extraction sdk. Since messing around with acrobat does not seem to get me anywhere, i am now looking into extracting data from the pdf my self.
Is there any present implementation/library/solution for extracting data in a java context? The few third party tools i found are all based of a .net/windows native environment. I have heard rumors about Adobe giving out tools to extract embedded data from PDF/A?
How is it the other way around? Is it possible to embedd xml into a PDF via Java? Given there allready is PDF file which we can attach to.
I really appreciate reading and thanks for any help or input!
Greetings,
Florian

Hi Florian,
I would look for general purpose PDF libraries that can open a PDF and access data objects in it.
All in all it is not too difficult to get to the embedded XML, once you have a library that can access and read data structures/data objects inside a PDF file. Some understanding of the inner workings of PDF data structures will help you get the job done (e.g. read the section about embedded files in the PDF standard / ISO 32000-1, as well as the chapter about PDF syntax).
Olaf
Am 19 Aug 2013 um 13:19 schrieb xfrapp <[email protected]>:
Extract embedded xml from PDF/A-3b (also creation)
created by xfrapp in PDF Language and Specifications - View the full discussion
Hello there,
in the context of a research project, we are currently trying to extract embedded xml from a PDF/A-3b document via code.
The project deals with establishing a new invoicing standard (Zugferd: ferd-net.de, only german). Invoices are expressed via xml, which is embedded in PDF/A.
What we are trying to archive is extraction of the xml via java code. For testing purposes, we are currently using an third party skd to extract the invoice-xml, by calling a .EXE file and then picking up the results in java.
I currently have only one valid example file that can be processed via this sdk. To get more data, i used the test version of acrobat pro to alter the embedded xml file. To be more specific, i deleted the embedded file, added a new xml file, and used preflight to make the PDF conform to /A-3b. Although the file seems to have the same properties as the original, it can no more be processed via the extraction sdk. Since messing around with acrobat does not seem to get me anywhere, i am now looking into extracting data from the pdf my self.
Is there any present implementation/library/solution for extracting data in a java context? The few third party tools i found are all based of a .net/windows native environment. I have heard rumors about Adobe giving out tools to extract embedded data from PDF/A?
How is it the other way around? Is it possible to embedd xml into a PDF via Java? Given there allready is PDF file which we can attach to.
I really appreciate reading and thanks for any help or input!
Greetings,
Florian
Please note that the Adobe Forums do not accept email attachments. If you want to embed a screen image in your message please visit the thread in the forum to embed the image at http://forums.adobe.com/message/5606424#5606424
Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5606424#5606424
To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at http://forums.adobe.com/message/5606424#5606424. In the Actions box on the right, click the Stop Email Notifications link.
Start a new discussion in PDF Language and Specifications by email or at Adobe Community
For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to http://forums.adobe.com/message/2936746#2936746.
Olaf Druemmer | Managing Director | callas software GmbH | Schoenhauser Allee 6/7 | 10119 Berlin
Tel +49.30.4439031-0 | Fax +49.30.4416402 | [email protected] | www.callassoftware.com
Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 59615 | Geschäftsführung: Olaf Drümmer, Ulrich Frotscher

Which unix command for converting xml to pdf

Anybody know the command in unix to convert docbook xml to PDF???
is it xsltproc or pdfwrite???
thanx

"ooba" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:gl2klg$rap$[email protected]..
>I know this is the Flex Group, but I'm getting no love
from the Flash
>group.
> 1. I need to build a thick client
> 2. I have 0 experience with Flex or AIR
> 3. I have built alot of Flash web components and a few
thick clients
> 4. I only have one week to get something working
>
> Can anyone tell me if it is even possible for Flash to
generate a PDF file
> from an imported XML file? or to browse a systems and
allow the user to
> select
> an xml file to load?
You'd need to upload the file to a server and have the server
do this.
> I need to have the client select an xml file that and
the thick client
> would
> then use a predefined xsl file and (missing this part)
need to convert the
> xml
> out to a human readable PDF format.
Depending on what server-side technology you are using, there
are probably
PDF libraries you could use.
> If you have another suggestion on how to do this please
post suggestions.
>
> All I know right now is that I need to construct a thick
client to do
> this,
> and being that Flash has been what I have built thick
clients on before
> I'd
> like to do it in Flash rather than try and figure out
how to do it in C#
> .Net
> in less than a week.
You won't be able to do it with Flash or Flex alone.
HTH;
Amy

Extract Pages Action for PDFs

Has anyone used the Extract Odd/Even Pages action for PDFs? I'm trying to use it to extract pages from a PDF and save as separate files. When I use it the action spins for a moment, says it succeeded, but I don't get any new files.

I know of the java script method, just wondering why it can't be found as standard wizard tool ;-)
I have a java script to extract pages.
Is it possible to somehow create a droplet for it (as is possible with preflight profiles)?
Thanks.

Runtime Error For Converting Static pdf to Dynamic Xml Form pdf

Hi All,
I am converting my static pdf to dynamic xml form pdf using Adoble Livecycle Designer ES 8.2 it is giving runtime error dialog.
My static pdf size is 12MB and it contains 46 pages(mostly all pages will have images). Do we have any limitations for converting static pdf to dynamic xml form pdf ?
Error message image file is attatched to this thread.
Can any body please help me on this.
Advance Thanks
Prasad Sagala

Hi Paul,
With out dividing into smaller chunks, Do we have any other alternative?
Because in my other pdf reports having more than 50 pages (in between 100-600). If i want do divide smaller chunks it will be the long process.
Thanks
Prasad Sagala

XML output for pdf concurrent program

Hi,
We have one custom concurrent program defined with output as pdf.
We want to generate an xml output some times. We dont want to register another concurrent program.
We want to use same concurrent program, but want to generate output some times pdf , some times xml.
Please suggest whether any possible way of doing this even using CONCSUB also fine.
Thank you,
Venkat.

Hi Ramana;
We want to submit the concurrent program, but output type either as xml or pdf it will be known during runtime.AFAIK if you prepare template in XML publisher than you can take output as pdf, by the way you can take xml output too
Please check user guide:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/docs/XMLP5.6.1UserGuide.pdf
Regard
Helios

Converting from PDF directly to Java Objects/XML (and PDF format questions)

Hi,
I posted this originally in the Acrobat Windows forums but was told I might have more luck here, so here goes:
I am desperately trying to find a tool (preferably open source but commercial is fine also) that will sit on top of a PDF and allow me to query it's text for content and formatting (I don't care about images). I have found some tools that get me part of the way there, but nothing that seems to provide an end-to-end solution but is quite lightweight. My main question is WHY are there so many tools that go from PDF to RTF, and many tools that go from RTF to XML, but NONE that I can find that go PDF to XML.
To clarify, by formatting I simply mean whether a line/block of text is bold/italic, and its font size. I am not concerned with exact position on the page. The background is that I will be searching PDFs and assigning importance to whether text is a heading/bodytext etc. We already have a search tool in place so implementing a pure PDF search engine is not an option. I need a lightweight tool that simply allows me to either make calls directly to the PDF OR converts to XML which I can parse.
Some tools I have tried:
1) PDFBox (Java Library) - Allows the extraction of text content easily, but doesn't seem to have good support for formatting.
2) JPedal (Java Library) - Allows extraction of text content easily, and supports formatting IF XML structured data is in the PDF (not the case for my data).
3) Nitro PDF (Tool) + RTF to XML (script) - This works quite nicely and shows that PDF to XML is possible, but why do I have to use 2 tools? Also, these are not libraries I can integrate into my app.
4) iText (Java Library) - Seems great at creating PDFs but poor at extracting content.
I don't really expect someone to give me a perfect solution (although that would be nice!).
Instead, what I'd like to know is WHY tools support PDF to RTF/Word/whatever retaining formatting, and other tools support RTF to XML with the formatting information retained. What is it about PDF and RTF/Word that makes it feasible to convert that way, but not to XML. Also, as I found in 3) above, it is perfectly feasible to end up as XML from PDF, so why do no tools support this reliably!
Many thanks for any advice from PDF gurus.

XML doesn't mean anything - it's just a generic concept for structuring
information. You need a specific GRAMMAR of XML to mean anything. So what
grammar would you use? Something standard? Make up your own?
However, there are a number of commercial and open source products that can
convert PDF to various XML grammars - SVG, ABW, and various custom grammars.
But the other thing you need to understand is that most PDF files do not
have any structure associated with them (as you saw when using JPEDAL). As
such, any concepts of paragraphs/sections/tables/etc. Are WILD GUESSES by
the software in question.

Is it possible to override the built-in PDF format handler with a custom IFilter for PDF?

Hi,
SharePoint 2013 comes with a built-in "format handler" for PDF now, so it can index PDF files out of the box. This is great for most users, as it now no longer is necessary to install a third-party IFilter for crawling PDF documents.
My question is, is it possible to override the built-in format handler for PDF with a custom IFilter for PDF? I played with the Set-SPEnterpriseSearchFileFormatState and Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchFileFormat cmdlets. While it is possible to deactivate
the built-in format handler, I was not able to remove it and to create a new one that activates a custom IFilter for PDF files.
Background of the question: While the new built-in format handler for PDF will probably be sufficient for many SharePoint users, some need additional capabilities regarding indexing if PDF documents, e.g. extraction of custom metadata from PDF's document
information dictionary and embedded XMP metadata. PDFlib GmbH, the company I work form, sells an IFilter for PDF, and of course we would like to continue to offer this for SharePoint 2013.
Thanks
Stephan

You should be able to replace it with any ifilter you want, this is the procedure for installing it:
Install PDF iFilter 9.0 (64 bit) from
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025 (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025)
Download PDF icon picture from Adobe web site
http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html (http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html) and copy to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\
Add the following entry in docIcon.xml file, which can be found at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\XML
<Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdficon_small.png" />
Add pdf file type on the File Type page under Search Service Application
Open regedit
Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\15.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension
Right-click > Click New > Key to create a new key for .pdf
Add the following GUID in the default value
{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
•Restart the SharePoint Server Search 15
•Reboot the SharePoint servers in Farm
•Create a Test site (with any out-of-box site template) and create a document library upload any sample PDF document(s).
•Perform FULL Crawl to get search result.
Once the crawl is completed we will get search results.
Kind regards,
Margriet Bruggeman
Lois & Clark IT Services
web site: http://www.loisandclark.eu
blog: http://www.sharepointdragons.com

Extract data from PDF to SAP

Hi all,
 I have created an Offline form in sfp Transaction and emailed successfully .
 And now that Receiver has sent me the form with the filled pdf form to my outlook id ( bcas my mail id is being configured in SMTP) .
 Now I want to Update a table with that filled values in the received pdf..
1) What r all the steps should i follow now?
2) What for guided procedures or workflow?
3) Do i have the option to receive the mail to my Business workplace inbox instead my personal mail id?
i went thru all the related threads in this topic. But could not get the Idea..
If someone knows please suggest me ..
Thank you.
Rgrds.
Edited by: Deepa K on Feb 25, 2008 1:30 PM

Hi,
When you create an abap object based on standard interface IF_INBOUND_EXIT_BCS you will got 2 method .
First here is the attributes i define in my object , all are Private instance attributes.
XML_DOCUMENT type ref to IF_IXML_DOCUMENT.
CONVERTER type ref to CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE,
ATTACHEMENT_ATTRIBUTES type BCSS_DBPA,
ATTACHEMENT_FILE type BCSS_DBPC ,
BINARY_FILE Type XSTRING,
FORMXML Type STRING,
PDF_FORM_DATA Type XSTRING ,
XML_NODE Type Ref To IF_IXML_NODE,
XML_NODE_VALUE Type STRING.
Set this code in method CREATE_INSTANCE
* Check if the singleton instance has already
* been created.
IF instance is INITIAL.
CREATE OBJECT instance.
ENDIF.
* Return the iTE nstance.
ro_ref = instance.
The other method is where the mail will be process
here is a sample code for method PROCESS_INBOUND
* Data definition :
DATA : pdf_line TYPE solix .
DATA : nb_att(10) TYPE n.
DATA w_part TYPE int4 .
FIELD-SYMBOLS : <pdf_line> TYPE solix.
** Set return code so no other Inbound Exit will be done.
e_retcode = if_inbound_exit_bcs=>gc_terminate.
TRY .
* Get the email document that was sent.
 mail = io_sreq->get_document( ).
* Get number of attachement in the mail
* If number is lower than 2 that means no attachement to the mail
 nb_att = mail->get_body_part_count( ) - 1.
 CHECK nb_att GT 0.
 CLEAR w_part.
* Process each document
 DO nb_att TIMES.
 w_part = sy-index + 1 .
 CLEAR xml_document .
* Get attachement attributes
 attachement_attributes =
 mail->get_body_part_attributes( im_part = w_part ).
 IF attachement_attributes-doc_type IS INITIAL.
 DATA w_pos TYPE i .
 FIND '.' IN attachement_attributes-filename
 IN CHARACTER MODE MATCH OFFSET w_pos.
 ADD 1 TO w_pos.
 attachement_attributes-doc_type =
 attachement_attributes-filename+w_pos.
 ENDIF.
* Get the attachement
 attachement_file = mail->get_body_part_content( w_part ).
* If attachement is not a binary one ,
* transform it to binary.
 IF attachement_attributes-binary IS INITIAL.
 CALL FUNCTION 'SO_SOLITAB_TO_SOLIXTAB'
 EXPORTING
 ip_solitab = attachement_file-cont_text
 IMPORTING
 ep_solixtab = attachement_file-cont_hex.
 ENDIF.
* Convert the attachement file into an xstring.
 CLEAR binary_file.
 LOOP AT attachement_file-cont_hex ASSIGNING <pdf_line>.
 CONCATENATE binary_file <pdf_line>-line
 INTO binary_file IN BYTE MODE.
 ENDLOOP.
 TRANSLATE attachement_attributes-doc_type TO UPPER CASE.
* Process the file depending on file extension
* Only XML and PDF file is allow
 CASE attachement_attributes-doc_type .
 WHEN 'PDF'.
* Process an interactive form
 me->process_pdf_file( ).
 WHEN 'XML'.
* Process XML data
 me->process_xml_file( input_xstring = binary_file ).
 WHEN OTHERS.
* Nothing to do , process next attachement
 ENDCASE.
 CATCH zcx_pucl003 .
ENDTRY.
As you can see i add several specific method to my object in order to make the code more clear.
Here is the code for all the specifics methods
PROCESS_PDF_FILE
TRY.
* Extract the Data of the PDF as a XSTRING stream
 me->process_form( pdf = binary_file ).
 me->process_xml_file( input_xstring = pdf_form_data ).
 CATCH zcx_pucl003 INTO v_exception.
 RAISE EXCEPTION v_exception.
ENDTRY.
PROCESS_FORM with inbound parameter PDF type XSTRING
DATA :
 l_fp TYPE REF TO if_fp ,
 l_pdfobj TYPE REF TO if_fp_pdf_object .
TRY.
* Get a reference to the form processing class.
 l_fp = cl_fp=>get_reference( ).
* Get a reference to the PDF Object class.
 l_pdfobj = l_fp->create_pdf_object( ).
* Set the pdf in the PDF Object.
 l_pdfobj->set_document( pdfdata = pdf ).
* Set the PDF Object to extract data the Form data.
 l_pdfobj->set_extractdata( ).
* Execute call to ADS
 l_pdfobj->execute( ).
* Get the PDF Form data.
 l_pdfobj->get_data( IMPORTING formdata = pdf_form_data ).
 CATCH cx_fp_runtime_internal
 cx_fp_runtime_system
 cx_fp_runtime_usage.
ENDTRY.
PROCESS_XML_FILE with inbound parameter INPUT_XSTRING type XSTRING.
TRY.
 me->create_xml_document( input_xstring = input_xstring ).
 me->process_xml( ).
 CATCH ZCX_PUCL003 INTO v_exception.
 RAISE EXCEPTION v_exception.
ENDTRY.
CREATE_XML_DOCUMENT with inbound parameter INPUT_XSTRING type XSTRING.
DATA :
 l_ixml TYPE REF TO if_ixml,
 streamfactory TYPE REF TO if_ixml_stream_factory ,
 istream TYPE REF TO if_ixml_istream,
 parser TYPE REF TO if_ixml_parser.
DATA: parseerror TYPE REF TO if_ixml_parse_error,
 str TYPE string,
 i TYPE i,
 count TYPE i,
 index TYPE i.
DATA :
* Convert the xstring form data to string so it can be
* processed using the iXML classes.
TRY.
 converter = cl_abap_conv_in_ce=>create( input = input_xstring ).
 converter->read( IMPORTING data = formxml ).
* Get a reference to iXML object.
 l_ixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).
* Get iStream object from StreamFactory
 streamfactory = l_ixml->create_stream_factory( ).
 istream = streamfactory->create_istream_string( formxml ).
* Create an XML Document class that will be used to process the XML
 xml_document = l_ixml->create_document( ).
* Create the Parser class
 parser = l_ixml->create_parser( stream_factory = streamfactory
 istream = istream
 document = xml_document ).
* Parse the XML
 parser->parse( ).
 IF sy-subrc NE 0
 AND parser->num_errors( ) NE 0.
 count = parser->num_errors( ).
 index = 0.
 WHILE index < count.
 parseerror = parser->get_error( index = index ).
 str = parseerror->get_reason( ).
 index = index + 1.
 ENDWHILE.
 EXIT.
 ENDIF.
 CATCH cx_parameter_invalid_range
 cx_sy_codepage_converter_init
 cx_sy_conversion_codepage
 cx_parameter_invalid_type.
ENDTRY.
Method PROCESS_XML
DATA v_formname TYPE fpname.
* For each node of the XML file you want to retrieve the value
* Then use the specific method PROCESS_NODE .
* Find Node where System Id is store
CLEAR : xml_node ,
 xml_node_value.
TRY.
 me->process_node( node_name = 'SYSID' ).
 CHECK NOT xml_node_value IS INITIAL.
 CASE xml_node_value.
 WHEN sy-sysid.
* Search for Form name.
 me->process_node( node_name = 'FORM_NAME').
 CHECK NOT xml_node_value IS INITIAL.
 v_formname = xml_node_value.
 WHEN OTHERS.
 ENDCASE.
 CATCH cx_root.
ENDTRY.
Method PROCESS_NODE with inbound parameter NODE_NAME type STRING
CLEAR : xml_node , xml_node_value .
xml_node = xml_document->find_from_name( name = node_name ).
IF xml_node IS INITIAL.
* Missing one node in the form, nothing will be done
 RAISE EXCEPTION TYPE ....
ELSE.
 xml_node_value = xml_node->get_value( ).
ENDIF.
Hope this help you .
Best regards
Bertrand

I need buy what productions for PDF forms?

Hi:
My requirement：
1、Adobe Reader can edit and save Pdf forms,can add signature and barcode;
2、I upload pdf file by web upload or by email or copy files；
3、My back-end system(J2EE,Weblogic or Tomcat) receive pdf files ，then extract XML datas from PDF by SDK(Adoble supply ？).
question:
1、I need buy what productions or modules of LiveCycle ES?
2、Adobe supply SDK of extracting XML datas from PDF?
Thanks

You need to buy LC Forms for this use case. LC forms contains the API to extract data in XML format from the PDF.

Information broadcasting in 2004s for pdf and HTML format throws error

hi experts,
I am broadcasting via e-mail, when i use output format as MHTML or XML it works fine, when i change the output format to pdf or html (as zip file) i get the following errors
For PDF
-->Settings ZTEST1 were started from the BEx Broadcaster 
 -->Processing for user BSHKSC, language EN 
 -->Processing setting ZTEST1
 Error: com.sap.ip.bi.base.exception.BIBaseRuntimeException
 Error occurred during processing of framework class
 CL_RSRD_PRODUCER_PRECALC, type PROD
FOR HTML
-->Settings ZTEST1 were started from the BEx Broadcaster
 -->Processing for user BSHKSC, language EN 
 -->Processing setting ZTEST1
 Web template 0BROADCAST_INDEX_PAGE could not be intstantiated
 Error occurred during processing of framework class
 CL_RSRD_PRODUCER_PRECALC, type PROD
Anyhelp will be really appreciated

Hi Guus,
We are not using the new authorizations we are still on 3.5 authorization and we tried for an user with SAP_ALL, SAP_NEW authorization , so i am not sure if this is an authorization problem.
We have a new issue on hand, initially i was able to broadcast thru xml,mhtml, xml formats, yesterday our portal was down, when the portal was brought up, i found that even the ones that were working were now throwing an error.
I spoke with the basis person, and he told me user mappings were lost, but even after restoring the user mapping were restored we still have the problem.
If this error is caused by lack of new authorization, atleast we know what we are dealing with, but for now iam not sure if this error is due to authorization or some settings on the web server side.
Message was edited by:
 shiva k

Barcode printing in XML report PDF output

Hi All,
I want to print barcode of invoice number / purchase order number in the XML report PDF output.
Anyone please suggest me with your ideas and experience.

Hi Bogdan,
The steps mentioned in the doc is what i did in order.
I couldn't understand the step # 13 & 14.
Log in as XML Publisher Administrator
Navigate to Administration --> Font Files --> Create Font File
Available fields are Font Name and File
--> for Font Name, choose any descriptive name
--> file will browse your PC to locate the font file
Navigate to Font Mappings -->Create Font Mapping Set
Mapping name is the name you will give to a set of fonts.
Mapping code is the internal name you will give to this set
Type: 'PDF Form' for PDF templates. 'FO to PDF' for all other template types.
Create Font Mapping (this allows you to add fonts to a set)
Font Family is the exact same name you see in MS Word under Font. If you don't use the same name the font will not be picked up at runtime.
Style and weight must also match how you use the font in the RTF or PDF layout template. Normal and Normal are good defaults.
Language and Territory should remain blank (NULL) unless you have a strong business reason, as these fields can cause the font not to be picked up at runtime.
Navigate to Configuration General -> FO Processing -->Font Mapping Set. This can also be done at Data Definition and Template level, via the corresponding Edit Configuration button on those pages. The hierarchy is Site-> Data Def -> Template.
Select your new mapping set.
Make sure the font is not referenced under File --> Properties --> Custom in the RTF template file.
Under General, set a Temporary Directory. The font will be stored under a /fonts directory at runtime, initially created the first time the font is used.
Upload a template that uses your special font and test using preview or by submitting a concurrent request.

Extracting XML for PDF

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for