ralphcook wrote: > The examples in the book for this use the iText XML parser, and all the talk > about the XML stuff loses me.
I understand. I'll give you two pointers that are secreted away on the net (Google is good, but doesn't always find what you're looking for). I hope they can help you: There's an article about the Belgian eID here: http://itext.ugent.be/articles/eid-pdf/index.php#template The section "Using an AcroForm as a template" first describes more or less what you are doing (but it dates from before PdfSmartCopy existed), then there's an extra example "for the sake of completeness" that IMO is more important than the first example: http://itext.ugent.be/articles/eid-pdf/test/BatchFormFill.java You'll recognize stuff you've found in the book, but it's a more "bare bones" example, easier to understand without any XML involved. The second pointer can be found in the mailing list archives. I usually find more info by searching the archives for "Gatewood" (the developer who originally posted a similar question) because looking for "AcroForm" and "template" returns too many other hits (that's what I meant with "secreted away" earlier). This mail contains an interesting code snippet: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-BINGO%21-creating-new-document-where-every-page-includes-contents-%28text-and-form-fields%29-from-pdf-template-file-p8502943.html This second pointer isn't exactly what you are looking for, but it could give you some inspiration. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
