PDF Automation VBO

[devneetmohanty07]

Currently, the only options to read PDF based documents in Blueprism is to either use keystrokes to copy the entire content, use Region mode or go for a solution like iTextSharp DLL's or OCR based cloud services or vedors which adds upto extra licensing cost. It would be great if there is a VBO like Excel or Word to read digital PDF documents which is currently an in built feature in most of the other competitor RPA tools. 

Such a solution would obviously make Blueprism a great RPA vendor choice in domains like Insurance and Audits where reading digital invoices, receipts, bills, supply order is of extensive use.

[ewilson]

Hi @devneetmohanty07

Have you taken a look at the Digital Exchange? There are a few PDF utilities there. Boost Robotics has one in particular but it does have a cost associated with it.

There are a few others, that are free, for breaking up PDFs, converting HTML to PDF, etc. 

Cheers,
Eric​

[devneetmohanty07]

Sorry for the late response. But my question was why should we go for extra licensing cost option hai on top of a RPA solution we already have. The other vendors such as UiPath and Automation Anywhere are selling their products keeping these functionalities intact at the same licensing cost. Just felt pretty confused considering Blueprism is doing a great work at the OCR and Machine Learning front with the release of Decipher but doesn't yet have an in-house solution to read text from a digital PDF file apart from Send Hotkeys or Surface Automation approach.

[ewilson]

Hi @devneetmohanty07,

Just wanted to let you know there's a new PDF Toolkit VBO available on the DX. You can find it here:

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

This VBO is based on the Adobe DC PDF Toolkit.

Cheers,
Eric​