I haven't posted in a while, but normally, for technical questions of this nature, Ars always seems to be a helpful place. Anyway, long story short, a friend's institution has implemented a new digital record keeping process for applicants; previously they've been using paper applications. It's all digital via the cloud and stored in nice, clean PDF format with access to each data field entry if necessary. The fields contain the usual: Name, Address, etc etc. . . The trouble is that the system the data needs to be input to is a legacy AS/400 and the data taken from the paper apps was entered manually by several people (don't ask) 
. The program used to key-in the applicant's data is written in RPG and was probably written in the mid 70s. The requirement is to have the data continue to reside on the AS400, so the question is, what could be done to automate the process instead of having the individuals print out the completed PDF forms and enter the data manually into the old software. Is there process that can be used to read the data fields from the PDF and dump them into the record fields in the software that's used? Thanks!
. The program used to key-in the applicant's data is written in RPG and was probably written in the mid 70s. The requirement is to have the data continue to reside on the AS400, so the question is, what could be done to automate the process instead of having the individuals print out the completed PDF forms and enter the data manually into the old software. Is there process that can be used to read the data fields from the PDF and dump them into the record fields in the software that's used? Thanks!