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PDF Acroform

plnarayana777 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 06:16:00 GMT

Hi All

i have gone through this below thread and thought of trying from my side

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Hi All,Can you assist me in finding a solution to extract data from a PDF without relying on external applications, as my organization requires the use of only

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i found some thing related in UiPath forum, the same solution i was able to implement in UiPath and extract the values of check box

But i was not able to do in Blue Prism, can any one check and assist so that it may be useful for others as well
the code i have tried
not sure of Dll and Namespaces required

Dim pdfDocument As New iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDocument(New iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfReader(PdfPath))
Dim form As iText.Forms.PdfAcroForm = iText.Forms.PdfAcroForm.GetAcroForm(pdfDocument, True)
Dim fields As IDictionary(Of String, iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField) = form.GetFormFields()
For Each fieldName As String In fields.Keys
    Dim field As iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField = fields(fieldName)
    Dim value As String = field.GetValueAsString()
    PdfColl.Rows.Add({fieldName,value})
Next
pdfDocument.Close()

in UiPath have imported the
Sample document attached for reference

If you require any info please let me know

Thanks

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Lakshmi Narayana
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RE: PDF Acroform

harish.mogulluri — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 19:07:00 GMT

Hi Laxmi Narayana,

Below stackoverflow articles will help to code in c# but you might need you use itext sharp dll

Acroform:

1)https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31293035/acroform-pdf-to-normal-pdf-in-c-sharp
2) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1942357/how-to-flatten-already-filled-out-pdf-form-using-itextsharp

You can also utilize DX Assets to read data from pdf below are some of the pdf Assets which I feel helpful in your case.

1) https://digitalexchange.blueprism.com/dx/entry/9648/solution/blue-prism---pdf-toolkit

2) https://digitalexchange.blueprism.com/dx/entry/117528/solution/sabancidx---daily-pdf-actions

In order to not use external application the easy way is to make the pdf in to semi structured form( By converting pdf to XML Or HTML and read the data from that) other way is to save the pdf as excel and read the data from excel

Above Digital exchange assets are handy to read the data from pdf.

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Harish M
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America/New_York TX
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RE: PDF Acroform

NileshJadhavBP — Mon, 01 May 2023 20:22:00 GMT

Hi @Lakshmi Narayana

I did same automation 6 month back and its running with 100% accuracy.

You can identify the checkbox using region mode.

Spy Checkbox along with Label like Checkbox Yes , Checkbox No.

Spy any checkbox with tick mark and without tick mark and use wait stage and calculation to set the value true or false.

Region - Position field should be anywhere..

Please let me know if its work

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Nilesh Jadhav
Senior RPA Specialist
ADP
India
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