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Posted by Steve on 09/24/07 13:02
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:taKdnYeUJe3SkmrbnZ2dnUVZ_qfinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Steve wrote:
>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:coadnXC1Ps1Ux2vbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>> Shelly wrote:
>>>>>> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:D7nJi.124$ua4.45@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
>>>>>>> "Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:13fb0rcom0qur6e@corp.supernews.com...
>>>>>>>> Here is a situation that I have to think out for a potential
>>>>>>>> customer. Currently he receives about 150 emails a day with pdf
>>>>>>>> attachments for orders. The format of the pdfs are all the same.
>>>>>>>> Now he has to:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1 - look at his email
>>>>>>>> 2 - open the pdf
>>>>>>>> 3 - manually take the data from the pdf and enter it into an order
>>>>>>>> processing mode and a database.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is taking so much of his time that he is considering hiring
>>>>>>>> someone to do it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I would like to be able to present him with is the following:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1 - Have all those emails go to a specified folder in his email
>>>>>>>> 2 - Without opening the email, upload the attachment to a server
>>>>>>>> 3 - Have an application that extracts the information from the pdf
>>>>>>>> and then does what it has to do.
>>>>>>>> 4 - Move the email to a second email folder (processed)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would like to have all this initiated with either a cron type job
>>>>>>>> or via a "Go" button.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Short of this ideal, I would have him look at an email in his
>>>>>>>> reader and save the attachments to a directory. The "Go" button
>>>>>>>> would upload button would then do the rest.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are also other compromises I can and probably will have to
>>>>>>>> make. I posted the ideal.
>>>>>>>> The main point is to cut the hyman time down considerably.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>> Most of that stuff sounds pretty simple - but the PDF parsing might
>>>>>>> be your deal-breaker.
>>>>>>> You'll have to be a real PDF guru to do that.
>>>>>>> Have you explored the PDF features in PHP?
>>>>>> Actually, that's probably the easy part. There are inexpensive
>>>>>> packages out there to that. What I would need is a command line
>>>>>> application. The other stuff looks like the hard stuff to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shelly
>>>>> Naw, even on a Unix server the email is easy. If it is unix, just get
>>>>> the admin to pipe a copy of the email to your script.
>>>> and depending on what language you're comfortable, i've got vb (classic
>>>> and .net) and c++ sample code to tie into IIS smtp. however, i'd really
>>>> consider jerry's earlier suggestion of piping to a script if, as he
>>>> suggested, iis will allow for it...i just have never done it that way.
>>> I don't know - I don't use Windows SMTP (which is not the same as IIS,
>>> BTW).
>>
>> i know how smtp on windows fits into the scheme of things, there's no
>> need to be that technical here with me about it...plus, i never said it
>> was == iis.
>
> Just correcting your statement above: "...tie into IIS smtp...".
sorry jerry. to put it in laymens terms, that is the most commonly
understood configuration. as in, if i want to add or remove a *component* of
iis, like smtp, i'd go to add/remove software->windows
components->iis->smtp. logically, most would see smtp as a component of iis.
what language would you feel more correct, or comfortable with?
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