ColinMac wrote: > We create PDFs using XSL-FO/Java but not Adobe LiveCycle. > We would like to distribute the PDFs to users not connected to our system so > they can comment on the text,
Using Adobe Reader or Acrobat? If they only have the free Reader, they won't be able to add comments, unless you have Reader enabled the PDF. But you haven't since you're not using Adobe software to create the PDF. Only Adobe software can reader enable a PDF. > then send the comments back where the comments > would be programatically extarcted and saved back to our system. This assumes that your end users can change the PDF and save it locally. That assumption is wrong. This is only possible if the PDF is Reader enabled. > Does anyone have any suggestions for the best way to do this? Go back to the drawing board. Rephrase your question. > One idea (which may or may not be possible) would be to > a) add empty comments using itext at fixed positions throughout the document > (ready for thers to edit?) "Empty comments" is... not the correct terminology. You're probably thinking about form fields. > b) attach a unique ID to the comment (so that we can link back to the > content item in our system) ??? This is... very strange. Every form field has a name. Comments... I don't know how/why you would add an ID. > The theory would then be for a user to add text to the comment, save > (offline), That will remain a theory. UNLESS all your users have the full Acrobat. OR if the PDF is Reader enabled. > then send the PDF back to the system where we woudl read the > comments usign Itext and macth back again. Your theory fails even before we can start talking about iText. What you ask is simply impossible. UNLESS you create your PDFs using Adobe Software OR if your users have the full Acrobat. Do they? If so, we can start talking about iText. > Another possibility would be to use form fields but the "text comment" part > would have to be dynamic (revealed or pop-up) so that it does not obscure > theconent on the page (which is why we thought of using comments). I'm sorry, you thought wrong :( > Not lookign for any code, just an idea of best approach or if its even > possible. It's not. See also: http://1t3xt.be/?X0003ff -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
