PDF Form Filler

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   I am looking to see if Quick PDF has "form filler" capabilities.
I use Delphi 7.
I want to write code to do the following:

PDFObj.LoadFromFile('myfile.pdf') ;

// Next I want to pop up a dialog which allows the user to input data into the fields on my form.
PDFObj.FormFill ; 

if {PdfObj.UserClickedPrint or Save or Continue} then begin
    // Loop through the fields and save off the value for each field that was entered by the end user.

I know how to loop through the fields and get/set the value.
My question is does QuickPDF have the "Form Fill" feature?

Thanks
Wayne

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waynefulcher Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 23 Jun 08 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 99	Post Options Post Reply Quote waynefulcher Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: PDF Form Filler Posted: 01 Mar 10 at 10:56PM
	I am looking to see if Quick PDF has "form filler" capabilities. I use Delphi 7. I want to write code to do the following: PDFObj.LoadFromFile('myfile.pdf') ; // Next I want to pop up a dialog which allows the user to input data into the fields on my form. PDFObj.FormFill ; if {PdfObj.UserClickedPrint or Save or Continue} then begin // Loop through the fields and save off the value for each field that was entered by the end user. I know how to loop through the fields and get/set the value. My question is does QuickPDF have the "Form Fill" feature? Thanks Wayne

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 10 at 6:11AM
	Hi Wayne! What's the "form fill feature"? I think the SetFormField-functions are the "form fill feature"? What do you need more? BTW: I think a popup isn't very comfortable for the users 'cause in some fields they wanna make an entry and in others not but in a popup-loop they have to go through all fields. I think it's better to count the formfields before and then creating a window with the matching dimensions and then showing all formfields together? Cheers, Ingo Edited by Ingo - 02 Mar 10 at 6:12AM

Shotgun Tom Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 14 Aug 09 Location: Phoenix, AZ Status: Offline Points: 53	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shotgun Tom Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 10 at 6:12AM
	Hi Wayne: I'm not sure what you are asking. Getting or Setting form field values means filling out or getting information in form fields. You say < "I know how to loop through the fields and get/set the value. My question is does QuickPDF have the "Form Fill" feature?> Once you set the value of the desired form fields and then save the PDF... Is that not filling a form? QuickPDF has all the necessary tools for creating form fields, setting form field values and then getting form field values. In other words "Form Fill". See this: http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/help/quickpdf/FormFields.php If you're talking about something else please give more detail. Tom

waynefulcher Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 23 Jun 08 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 99	Post Options Post Reply Quote waynefulcher Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 10 at 2:14PM
	Sorry Guys, I must of had a late night last night. After reading my post I realized I didnt give clear questions. What I meant by "Form Fill" is basiclly the funtionality of Adobe Reader. meaning I would like to have my entite PDF form display in some type of dialog window which allows the user to tab to each field on the form and type a value in. Then after some event like clicking a button such as "print", "Save" or "Continue" then I would loop through the fields and get the values the user just input. I hope this makes more sense. Thanks for any advice you may have.