Reading content of an PDF from archive

[martin_svik2]

Hi,

is it possible to read the content of archived documents (SD invoices). I have a PDF where i have the invoice number, (000000421) see below:

I can retrieve the PDF content in binary format and in char-format with function module ARCHIVOBJECT_GET_BYTES. The result is like that and not "readable":

binary content:

char-content:

So how can i bring this data into "readable" content ? Any ideas ?

br Martin

[FredericGirod]

it depends of your PDF, some PDF contains a picture, so you need an OCR

if you generate the PDF from SAP, you could create flag inside the pdf, and read the content of these flags (it is Interactive Adobe Form)

[martin_svik2]

frdric.girod Sorry, i cant change the PDF, the pdf's are already archived as i described. So i have to read the content from the archived document.

[FredericGirod]

Maybe you could try to use external command on Linux/Unix like pdf2txt or pdf2word ... (you will have to install it).

But if your PDF is not always with the same layout, it will become quickly a nightmare, even with an OCR tool

[Sandra_Rossi]

You need to use external software to read PDF (unless it's a SAP Adobe Form generated via ADS) or develop your own ABAP "software" to decode it.