[email protected] wrote:
> I know Chapter 14 well but this does not provide a solution to allow a  
> user to visually create a template.

No, unless you have some "visual XML" tool.

> Your statement that my request is impossible to fulfill could be true  
> with regards to using a PDF document as a template. However, my desire  
> to make this work is not unreasonable. Take, for instance, a PDF  
> template that is provided in the LiveCycle Designer. A timesheet for  
> instance. I can take this template and, using iText, generate 1000's  
> of timesheets with dynamic data.

That's XFA, isn't it?

> This all works fine until someone  
> asks me to add "Thank you XYZ Company For Your Business".

"Thank you" and "For Your Business" are on fixed positions.
In PDF, you can't move them, based on the length of "XYZ Company".

> What a joke!

PDF wasn't designed that way.
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