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ekblackwell
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February 26, 2019
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Export data from fillable PDF to database?

  • February 26, 2019
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We currently have fillable PDFs online for common forms. Here is one of them:

https://youradminpartners.com/docs/SRA_with_15yrs_2018.pdf

My boss wants to have them fill it out, then they hit a button labeled Save or Submit and the field data would go into our database table. Plus, the PDF would print.

I'm searching in Google, but I haven't found a solution yet. Is there one?

TIY

Erin

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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February 26, 2019

It's not possible to export directly from a PDF form to a database. You can export the data to a plain-text file, though, and then write a separate command to import it into the DC, independently of Acrobat.

Another option is to submit the data to a web-server, which in turn can take it and insert it into the DB (if the DB is also available on that server).

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RageMagePage
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May 2, 2019

How do export a batch of filled out PDFs into a single export, plain text file?

try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
May 2, 2019

Using the Merge Data Files into Spreadsheet command, under the More button in Prepare Form mode.

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