Pdf File Adapter

Hi All,
What should be done to send a PDF file by File adpater?
Edited by: Alfredo Rivera on Aug 18, 2010 10:35 PM

If you want to send PDF file ,You want to convert the content of the PDF file to XML ,conversion required??? or just you want to move from one location to other location using File Adapter??
If you want to move with IR objects you can do that,but if you want conversion you may need to write Adapter modules and attach to File Adapter.
REFER BELOW HOW TO DOCUMENT
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9913a954-0d01-0010-8391-8a3076440b6e?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
Regards,
Raj

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