I need help - I can help - PDF Form Filler

PDF Form Filler

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Topic: PDF Form Filler

Posted By: waynefulcher
Subject: PDF Form Filler
Date 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

Replies:

Posted By: Ingo
Date 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

Posted By: Shotgun Tom
Date 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 - http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/help/quickpdf/FormFields.php

If you're talking about something else please give more detail.

Tom

Posted By: waynefulcher
Date 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.