Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread 1T3XT BVBA
On 29/07/2011 4:24, Sailesh K wrote: > which chapter in 'itext in action' (first or second edition) deal with > acroforms and wbe service calls from them? You'll find examples about AcroForms in chapter 6 and 8 of the Second Edition, but integrating them into a web application is explained in ch

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread Sailesh K
ks --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: From: Leonard Rosenthol Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf To: "Post here" Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 3:45 PM So why do you need a web service for submission?  Why not use standard http post?  

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
, Im having trouble with the merging... --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Leonard Rosenthol mailto:lrose...@adobe.com>> wrote: From: Leonard Rosenthol mailto:lrose...@adobe.com>> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf To: "Post here" mailto:itext-que

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread 1T3XT BVBA
On 28/07/2011 17:34, Sailesh K wrote: > whats 'more functional'. I would basically just need the form to > submit the form and get a success return code. What do you mean by this? [1] From the Adobe Reader plugin in a browser (piece of cake), [2] or from a standalone instance of Adobe Reader (fea

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread Sailesh K
1, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: From: Leonard Rosenthol Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf To: "Post here" Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 11:44 AM If your audience only has Reader, then may want to stick with XFA since the web services are more

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
stions@lists.sourceforge.net>> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:17:28 -0700 To: Post here mailto:itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf yeah, I have acrobat pro x and livecycle designer, but my audience will have primar

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
Yes and Yes. From: Sailesh K mailto:skrish...@yahoo.com>> Reply-To: Post here mailto:itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:18:25 -0700 To: Post here mailto:itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XF

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread Sailesh K
n Thu, 7/28/11, 1T3XT BVBA wrote: From: 1T3XT BVBA Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf To: "Post all your questions about iText here" Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 8:28 AM On 28/07/2011 5:18, Sailesh K wrote: > can I call a web service from

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-28 Thread 1T3XT BVBA
On 28/07/2011 5:18, Sailesh K wrote: > can I call a web service from an acroform... It depends on what you want to do. Also: some JavaScript actions are reserved for people who use Adobe Acrobat. They are disabled in Adobe Reader. > what are the capabilities of acroforms and can they be merged wi

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-27 Thread Sailesh K
can I call a web service from an acroform...what are the capabilities of acroforms and can they be merged with a static pdf... thanks in advance --- On Wed, 7/27/11, 1T3XT BVBA wrote: From: 1T3XT BVBA Subject: Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf To: "Post all

Re: [iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-27 Thread 1T3XT BVBA
On 27/07/2011 13:13, Sailesh K wrote: > anything wrong with this approach? You're trying something that isn't possible with iText. A form created in Livecycle is an XFA form, not an AcroForm. XFA forms are XML based, they don't consist of PDF objects such as field dictionaries, field arrays,... If

[iText-questions] concatenating an XFA form with static pdf

2011-07-27 Thread Sailesh K
Hi, I recently tried to merge a survey form that I created in Livecycle designer (that makes a web service call) with a static pdf file using the itext api concatenate code. the resulting pdf had the an error page for where the form should have been indicating it would 'appear shortly' but never