Empty form field on a PDF

I have a PDF template , which is a PDF with empty form fields.

This PDF template was designed using Open Office Writer.

I suspect this PDF template has some problem, that is, there's a bug on Open Office Writer OR there's some problem with the FlattenFormField function.....


Please take a look at the VBScript below. It loops across the PDF template form fields and flattens them all.

Get the PDF template to use on this VBScript code from here :

http://www.DES.online.unimep.br/au/pub/ag284d.pdf

Follows the source code :

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OPTION EXPLICIT

DIM OBJARGS
DIM OBJQPDF
DIM ARQPDF
DIM LNI
DIM LNT
DIM FORMFIELDNAME

SET OBJARGS=WScript.Arguments

ARQPDF=OBJARGS(0)

SET OBJQPDF=WSCRIPT.CREATEOBJECT("ISED.QUICKPDF")

IF  NOT OBJQPDF.UNLOCKKEY("yourkeyhere") = 1 THEN
    WSCRIPT.ECHO "COULD NOT UNLOCKKEY"
    WSCRIPT.QUIT(1)
END IF

IF  OBJQPDF.LOADFROMFILE(ARQPDF) = 0 THEN
    WSCRIPT.ECHO "COULD NOT LOAD TEMPLATE"
    WSCRIPT.QUIT(1)
END IF

LNT=OBJQPDF.FORMFIELDCOUNT()

FOR LNI=1 TO LNT
  FORMFIELDNAME=OBJQPDF.GETFORMFIELDTITLE(LNI)
  IF  NOT OBJQPDF.FLATTENFORMFIELD(LNI) = 1 THEN
      WSCRIPT.ECHO "ERROR WHILE FLATTENING THIS FORM FIELD '" + FORMFIELDNAME + "' ON " + ARQPDF,LNI
      WSCRIPT.QUIT(1)
  END IF
NEXT

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Finally, questions are :

Is this PDF template (http://www.DES.online.unimep.br/au/pub/ag284d.pdf) wrong or, is there some problem on FlattenFormField function ?

Where does that empty form field comes from ? Cause it doesnt appear when I open the template using Acrobat Reader....

For those skilled with Adobe PROfessional, are there any tools on it that we can use to find out WHERE is the empty field on this PDF ?

Thanks in advance 4 your support !

Thanks for your usual help Chicks.

I'm aware of the reference problem and on the REAL , PROduction server side code, it's done in reverse order.

However, back to this topic here, I'm curious about this :

Try to make the loop this way :

FOR LNI=1 TO LNT
  FORMFIELDNAME=OBJQPDF.GETFORMFIELDTITLE(LNI)
  WSCRIPT.ECHO "FIELD #",LNI,": '" + FORMFIELDNAME + "'"
  IF  NOT OBJQPDF.FLATTENFORMFIELD(1) = 1 THEN
      MSGBOX "ERROR WHILE FLATTENING THIS FORM FIELD '" + FORMFIELDNAME + "' ON " + ARQPDF
      WSCRIPT.QUIT(1)
  END IF
NEXT

It looks like after a while, all of the form fields will have a blank name.

Is it supposed to be like that ?

I'm doing it all cause I'm "lost" with a problem posted on another topic, where a damaged PDF is generated, that is, a PDF with wrong field contents....

Thanks again !

One more question 4 you Chicks :

You said you never had a problem with forms processing.

How do you design your templates ? Do you draw them in Word and convert them using Adobe PRO or do you use something else to design these templates ?