I thought Word could create form fields... it's trivially easy to set field values in iText. I'm not sure how they'd survive the PDF conversion process however.
You might also look into OpenOffice.org. They have a PDF conversion function that's quite good. If they have an SDK that'll let you edit the document, you're golden. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com import legalese.Disclaimer; Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > -----Original Message----- > From: jpcoder [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Insert text at bookmark > > > Yes, that would be the idea. Ok, let me tell you the whole story. > Bookmarks may not be exactly what I'm looking for here. What I really > want > to do is be able to take a Word document, put some kind of markers in it, > convert it to PDF (via Word PDF export) and then be able to plug values > into > the PDF at those marker points. This may not be possible, I'm just > looking > at options. Main thing is that I have to start with a Word doc and end up > with a filled out PDF somehow. Also, I have to do this on the fly on a > web > server. I have tried solutions that attempt to convert the Word doc (it's > actually an RTF) to a PDF on the fly on the web server but have not found > anything that makes it look like it does in Word and that is a > requirement. > That is why I was trying to convert to PDF in Word and then plug in the > values to the PDF. Any other ideas how I could do this? > > Thanks... > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Cameron Laird-5 [via iText - General] < > [email protected]<ml-node%2B2268569- > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:12 AM, jpcoder <[hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2268569&i=0> > > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Is it possible with iText to find a bookmark in an existing PDF > document, > >> insert text at that bookmark and then save out the modified PDF? If > so, > >> can > >> I get a code snippet? > >> > >> > >> ... > >> > > > > No. > > > > Well, yes and no. Yes, but it's very unlikely you'll get what you think > > you want. What *do* you want? Are you expecting the text which follows > to > > "flow" to the end of the document? If the bookmark is just before, > "Andrew > > Jackson's documented disputes with banks and bankers began ...", and you > > insert, "According to Peter Styron, ", do you expect to see > > > > According to Peter Styron, Andrew Jackson's documented ... > > > > ? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > > > > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2268569&i=1> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > > Check the site with examples before you ask questions: > > http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ > > You can also search the keywords list: > > http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > View message @ > > http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Insert-text-at-bookmark- > tp2268434p2268569.html > > To unsubscribe from Insert text at bookmark, click here<http://itext- > general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/subscriptions/Unsubscribe.jtp?code=am9ucGF 1b > EBob3VzZW9mam9uZXMuY29tfDIyNjg0MzR8LTE0OTYyNzEyNDI=>. > > > > > > > > > -- > Jon Paul... > > -- > View this message in context: http://itext- > general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Insert-text-at-bookmark- > tp2268434p2268586.html > Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2958 - Release Date: 06/24/10 > 11:35:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
