Function Name	PDF Form Data Source
Category	PDF Form
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Description	Reads data from a PDF Form.
Inputs	Filename Source file to read data from, if this input is not connected then the filename provided in the 'Default Source File' property
Outputs	Row A row is create for each line read form the source file Child Items Row contain a number of child items that reflect the fields defined when the component is created.
Properties	Default Source File The default data file to read from. This is used if the input connection point 'Filename' is not connected. Store Relative Indicates if paths should be stored relative to the transform, or as absolute paths.

Creating a PDF Form Source

When the PDF Form Reader component is dragged onto a transform a setup wizard is launched to guide you through the creation of the data source.

PDF Form Data

The wizard allows you to select your PDF Form file to use as a template containing the structure of the data you want to read, and optionally, a default file from which to read the input PDF Form data.

Once you press Finish the new PDF Form Data source is added to the transform and can be used as any other data source is.

Property Pages

 

Name

The name of the component, must be unique within the transform

 

 

Default Encoding

The encoding used to decode the data read from the file into text if the encoding is not specifically identified within the file (see BOM).

First line contains field headings

If checked then the first line in the data file is ignored as it is assumed to contain the names of the columns

Ignore invalid rows

The transform does not stop when an invalid row is encounters, it just ignores it and moves onto the next line.

Remove leading and trailing whitespace from each field

If checked leading and trailing whitespace is removed from the field value i.e.

Col1 ,  Col2 , Col3

if checked the values are "Col1", "Col2", "Col3"

if unchecked the values are "Col1 ", "  Col2 ", " Col3"

Fields are enclosed in quotes

When checked quotes are considered to be enclosing characters, i.e.

"col 1 has a coma, would normally be seen as a separator", col 2

By enclosing column 1 in quotes the ',' is treated as data not a separator.

Delimiters

All the delimiters selected are treated as column separators unless they are enclosed in quotes (see Fields are enclosed in quotes).

Edit Columns

Allows the column definitions to be manually edited.

Default input filename

If the reader component does not have a connector to the 'Filename' or ' Text Source' then the filename is read from this property.

If the connection point 'Filename' or ' Text Source' is connected, then this is ignored (and can be blank)

Store as relative path

Indicates that the filename is to be resolved relative to the data mapping file (.dm). If the transform is compiled the filename will be resolved relative to the compiled exe.