The nice thing about shareware is that you can try it for free, and decide for yourself if it meets your needs before purchasing. I've produces lots of PDF forms without ever owning Acrobat...
Other options: http://www.amyuni.com/en/products/pdf_creator/features.html This one (FormMax) doesn't allowing editing existing PDFs, but is about the easiest to use for creating PDFs from scratch with form fields: http://www.acroform.com --- Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all for the suggestions. > > I look forward to looking at the PDFStamper API. So > it seems that best > approach is using pdf form fields. > > Is Acrobat much easier to use in this regard? I'm > trying to gauge whether > it is worth the purchase. Or will something like > PDFTypewriter do? > > Thanks, > Eric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sea Sbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eric Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:07 AM > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Pre-printed forms > using iText > > > > You can visually add form fields at precise > locations > > to existing PDFs using Adobe Acrobat, or a > > less-expensive tool such as PDFTypewriter: > > > > http://ctdeveloping.com/ctdeveloping/default.asp > > > > Then use iText's PDFStamper to merge data into the > > form fields and flatten them. > > > > --- Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm attempting to use iText for pre-printed > > > insurance forms. I've had much > > > success using the xml api for simple tabular > reports > > > on other things in the > > > past, but these pre-printed forms will probably > > > require much more attention > > > to detail. > > > > > > The form is a standard letter size with elements > > > sprawled about the page. > > > The precision of the printed elements is > critical. > > > > > > I guess my question is what is the best approach > to > > > tackle this type of > > > problem. > > > > > > Looking at the API it looks like PdfTable will > work > > > fine. The majority of > > > the cells will be empty, acting simply as > spacers. > > > You can set a fixed > > > height and width to these cells, correct? > > > > > > I'm assuming this will require a lot of trial > and > > > error (and a ton of wasted > > > paper). Does anyone have suggestions on how to > > > measure the page out? Maybe > > > some specific examples that will be helpful? > > > > > > Thanks and advance. > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, > > > 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the > > > latest > > > developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, > MySQL, > > > WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail > AddressGuard > > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, > > 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the > latest > > developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, > MySQL, > > WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, > 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the > latest > developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, > WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
