Hi Henry, Yes it is very doable.
I have not done this with the Acrobat 8 or 9, but I have with 4 through 7 using the Adobe FDF Toolkit. The FDF Toolkit is a ActiveX/COM interface to reading and writing FDF files. FDF files are tagged file (looks a bit like XML). If you double-click or Shell open an FDF file it opens up the PDF with the form fields filled in with the data you populate in the FDF file. Technically you can create the FDF file without the FDF Toolkit since it is a flat text file, but I think the FDF Toolkit simplifies it. The files open in Acrobat Reader or full version, but you can only save the Forms data to a file with the full version. The free FoxIt Reader might be able to save the FDF file, but I have not played with this feature yet. If you have MegaFox from Hentzenwerke you already have sample code to show you how this all works. Same if you attended the GLGDW 2000 or Essential Fox Conference 2002 where I presented this material. None of those? Too bad... just kidding <g>: http://whitelightcomputing.com/resources/Schummer_IntegratingPdfWithVfpSource.zip http://whitelightcomputing.com/resources/Schummer_IntegratingPdfWithVfpDOC.zip http://whitelightcomputing.com/resources/Schummer_IntegratingPdfWithVfpPPT.zip The FDF Toolkit is available here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/fdftoolkit.html More information on the Adobe Web site with respects to the more modern XFDF format, which is XML. I have something that works with the FDF Toolkit and have not felt compelled to move to the newer technology yet. It might be worth doing so for your project. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 08:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Writing to a PDF form The situation: ------------- - There's a 37-page PDF form that someone created - Turns out 1/3 of the fields come from a report my VFP9 application generates - Users think it's normal to re-type my report into the PDF form - I think otherwise... The question: ------------ A PDF form must have fields and/or tags that I can look for and plug my values in, no? The caveat: ---------- The PDF form will already exist and will most likely be partially filled. It is not an option to re-generate the PDF form from the app. I simply want to alter an existing PDF file. Has anyone done something like this? Is it at all doable? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Henry [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
