Reading data from Print based PDF form

[Former Member]

We have a requirement to send our PDF output for Payslips generated using Adobe forms to a thirdparty for printing. They require a way of knowing the value of certain fields in the PDF as part of the printing/sorting process and also know where each payslip ends (i.e. 1 PDF file with multiple payslips, each payslip can be a variable number of pages).

Is this type of information still accessible in the PDF by default?

If not can it be embedded?

What tools/language APIs can be used to inspect the PDF for this type of data.

[Former Member]

hmmm.. that's a good question and could be handy - they wouldn't have to use some sort of OCR technology.

you'd probably find a better answer on Adobe's Forum for something this specifically related to the form

you can find it [here|http://forums.adobe.com/community/livecycle]

There are many Livecycle forums - looks like LiveCycle Designer ES is the most used.

Also, there's a gmail group you can join which is pretty active.