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On 19/08/2011 9:19, Chinnasamy, Nanjundan (Technology Services India)
wrote:
Hi,
We would like to know whether we can use the itext for generating the
editable pdf forms (adobe pdf forms) and extract the form data from
the pdf.
We are currently looking for utility which
1. Creates pdf forms (editable).
Yes, you can use iText to create forms built with AcroForm technology.
Please read chapter 8 of "iText in Action --- Second Edition" to find
out how to do this.
2. Convert pdf form data to Java object.
I'm not sure what you mean by this.
In the book "iText in Action --- Second Edition", data is retrieved from
a database, and stored in POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects).
These POJOs are used to create PDF documents, and also to fill out PDF
forms.
You can easily use iText to extract data from a form and then put this
data into a POJO.
Does this answer your question? To me it's very trivial that this is
possible, so maybe I didn't understand your question.
3. Load pdf form data with an existing Java object.
Again: this is explained in chapter 8 of the book "iText in Action ---
Second Edition."
If you don't have a copy of the book, please go to
http://affiliate.manning.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=223_212
You can download chapter 6 for free. In this chapter, a form is created
using Open Office (p179-181).
On p181-183, you can find the code to inspect the form: how many fields
are there? of which type?
On p183-186, you learn how to fill out the form using iText.
Don't forget to look at the examples on p190-191 if you're using a form
as a template.
If you want to learn more about forms, you'll need chapter 8.
You can find links to online shops selling the book here:
http://itextpdf.com/book/
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