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From: kpg on 25 Jun 2008 17:32
Hi all,

I have seen this topic thousand's of times and I still have no
clue how to do this very simple thing.


1) I have a pdf files with form fields on it.

2) From vb6 I want to put data in thoses fields.

That's it.

I have the AcrobatSDK, the FDF toolkit, the iTextSharp
(or whatever) C# dll that works great in VB.NET, all of this
and I can't put data in a single text field on a PDF file,
the deFacto state-of-the-art technolory for rendering forms
elcetronically, and I am about to give up 20 years of
progrramming to live out my life in tibet on some moutain top,
far away form PDF, FDF, or any other kind of file whatsoever.

What is the deal with PDF files and total inability to communicate
data back and forth with them in a simeple, clear, intuitive manner?


Is it me? If it is, that's OK, I can handle it. Just someone please
for the love of pete tell me how to put my data on a pdf file without
Acrobt of some third party AX or that incomprehansible FDF toolkit.


Thanks,
kpg
From: Jan Hyde (VB MVP) on 26 Jun 2008 04:01
kpg <no(a)spam.com>'s wild thoughts were released on Wed, 25
Jun 2008 14:32:38 -0700 bearing the following fruit:

>Hi all,
>
>I have seen this topic thousand's of times and I still have no
>clue how to do this very simple thing.
>
>
>1) I have a pdf files with form fields on it.
>
>2) From vb6 I want to put data in thoses fields.
>
>That's it.
>
>I have the AcrobatSDK, the FDF toolkit, the iTextSharp
>(or whatever) C# dll that works great in VB.NET, all of this
>and I can't put data in a single text field on a PDF file,
>the deFacto state-of-the-art technolory for rendering forms
>elcetronically, and I am about to give up 20 years of
>progrramming to live out my life in tibet on some moutain top,
>far away form PDF, FDF, or any other kind of file whatsoever.
>
>What is the deal with PDF files and total inability to communicate
>data back and forth with them in a simeple, clear, intuitive manner?
>
>
>Is it me? If it is, that's OK, I can handle it. Just someone please
>for the love of pete tell me how to put my data on a pdf file without
>Acrobt of some third party AX or that incomprehansible FDF toolkit.

I don't have any answers, personally I think PDFs should be
die a quick death. I see no advantages in them but plenty of
disadvantages.


--
Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
From: kpg on 26 Jun 2008 17:28
> I don't have any answers, personally I think PDFs should be
> die a quick death. I see no advantages in them but plenty of
> disadvantages.

hmmmm...not exactly the affirmation I was looking for...


....the only advantage I know of is ubiquity.
From: dot nyet on 26 Jun 2008 18:49
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:28:52 -0700, kpg <no(a)spam.com> wrote:
in <Xns9AC9A7A9ADB5Fipostthereforeiam(a)207.46.248.16>

>> I don't have any answers, personally I think PDFs should be
>> die a quick death. I see no advantages in them but plenty of
>> disadvantages.
>
>hmmmm...not exactly the affirmation I was looking for...
>
>
>...the only advantage I know of is ubiquity.

Well, there's that and the fact that it is an open "portable document
format" which means it works on Linux and MAC as well as Windows but
most folks here aren't interested in stuff like portability or open
versus proprietary formats.

Frank
From: Jan Hyde (VB MVP) on 27 Jun 2008 04:24
kpg <no(a)spam.com>'s wild thoughts were released on Thu, 26
Jun 2008 14:28:52 -0700 bearing the following fruit:

>> I don't have any answers, personally I think PDFs should be
>> die a quick death. I see no advantages in them but plenty of
>> disadvantages.
>
>hmmmm...not exactly the affirmation I was looking for...
>
>
>...the only advantage I know of is ubiquity.

I don't mind the format nearly as bad since someone pointed
me towards Foxit.

Most of clients want PDF because they believe it cannot be
altered. Unfortunately it's far, far easier than they
imagine.

I've only ever seen a couple of PDF as forms, oddly they
would not work with Adobe's reader, but work perfectly with
Foxit. I'm not sure if there is any advantage to PDF when it
comes to forms, after all HTML is just as universal.

Still, none of this is getting an answer to you question...

J
--
Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
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