Re: gathering data and filling out PDF's

I thought I would share my solution. We have a PDF. Using full Acrobat,
I added forms to the PDF and marked them read only. Adobe has an FDF
file format and I can output data into an fdf file and launch the pdf
via the web. This then shows the filled in PDF form.

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of building .NET applications targeted for the Web
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of phil paxton
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WEB] gathering data and filling out PDF's

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?

As mentioned, there is the SDK.

If you want to take a shot at something "free" -- but you'll have to
check for the licensing -- as in distributing of the resulting
product.  Go to SourceForge.net and look for "PDF".  There's a
PDFCreator which is a virtual printer, where the printed output is a
PDF at a location of your choice.  The interface is in vanilla VB and
would be a little nicer if someone fixed the tab order.  I don't know
how much time|effort to sort everything out would be productive in a
return, but it's a place to start.

phil

p.s.

There's over 5k hits if you search for just "PDFCreator" in usenet.
It'll mean more to you if you refine the filters on your own.

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