importing PDF field data into Filemaker

[Jerry UCI]

I will be putting pdf forms on the web. When a user fills out a form, I want the data that has been entered into each field of the pdf to go into a Filemaker table that has corresponding fields.

Note that I do not want to put a copy of the pdf into a FMP container -- instead, I want the data that has been entered into each field of the pdf (for example a field that holds the user's last name) and store that information (in the current example, the user's last name) into a FMP table field for the last name, and so on for each field of the pdf document.

I have no idea how to do this, so I am hoping someone can get me started in the right direction.

This is my first post, and I am not sure if this should be posted in this Import/Export forum or the PDF forum, but I started here.

Thanks in advance!

Jerry

[SlimJim]

This is one of the functions of the Adobe Acrobat Pro software I think - integrating with an ODBC compliant database? I have been reading about this on the Adobe website but I cannot as yet justify the expense of buying Acrobat Pro!! Try the following

http://www.adobe.com/education/acrobat/tips/understand_pdfs.html

for some general information.

[QuinTech]

Hi Jerry. I think Import/Export is the right forum for this.

Check out Dean Westover's PDF to FMP transformation in the FileMaker XSLT library.

Also, AlQemy software offers a product that can generate PDFs from Filemaker data; I'm not sure, but I think they can also pull PDF data into Filemaker.

Jerry

[Jerry UCI]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have not yet looked at Dean Westover's info, but I have looked at the AlQemy site and it seems like they have a "menu" of products that might do the trick, or at least help. I will look into it further, and also keep looking elsewhere (including this forum!).

Jerry