Re: gathering data and filling out PDF's

Yes, my company (me) have done this before.  In general we've duplicated the
report in a reporting tool and then converted the report to PDF.  I know
that Adobe (or is it Macromedia) has an SDK (for a cost) that should allow
you to programmatically fill out forms contained in the PDF.  The cost
however was prohibitive especially given the learning curve for the SDK.  I
also believe you can use the pro version of Adobe PDF to turn it into a form
and then use the SDK.  There might be other SDK's out there that would work
as well.

For another project we used a PDF tool that would allow you to create PDF
documents from scratch with code.  It had no designer (at least none I could
find) but for the particular use we had it worked quite well.
They have other tools so you might want to check them out:
http://www.dynamicpdf.com/

I hope this helps.

-Mike

On 4/26/07, Stacey Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have just been given a requirement to build a system that will
> collect/verify data entry bits and then output a pdf. This is for
> healthcare sign up forms.  Ideally, it would somehow fill out an
> existing pdf that we have been given by the insurance company.  Has
> anyone done anything like this? Any recommended tools?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> stacey
>
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