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Re: Save typed-in content with Adobe Reader
by Leonard Rosenthol
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On May 15, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Fhomasp wrote:
> A User who requires assistance needs to fill in a form but is
> unsure of all
> of the required information.
> For this matter there is an online form which will already contain
> info from
> our database. However the user needs this form to be portable or
> at least
> travel over an offline environment.
> Later on, the user needs to be able to submit the PDF document online.
> So basically there is an offline time gap between the created pdf
> document
> and the submit time of this pdf document.
> OK, so this is a common situation, but one not solvable by iText
alone..
> I was thinking about an XFA form with reader enable but when I add
> a field
> to the original JSF form I need to adjust the XFA template.
>
Unless you really want/need XFA - I would stick with standard
AcroForms. (regardless of any other choice you make)
> I have a copy and license of Adobe acrobat 8 Pro. I create a Root
> document
> with "Reader enable", import this in the Java application using a
> stamper.
As soon as you start playing with that form with iText, you will
break the "enablement" - so that's a non-starter.
That means you have two choices
1) You purchase Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extension Server and then that
"enables" the document after you've used iText to apply the content.
2) You don't use iText at all - and instead use FDF files in
conjunction with your "Reader Enabled by Acrobat" file.
Leonard
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> A User who requires assistance needs to fill in a form but is
> unsure of all
> of the required information.
> For this matter there is an online form which will already contain
> info from
> our database. However the user needs this form to be portable or
> at least
> travel over an offline environment.
> Later on, the user needs to be able to submit the PDF document online.
> So basically there is an offline time gap between the created pdf
> document
> and the submit time of this pdf document.
>
alone..
> I was thinking about an XFA form with reader enable but when I add
> a field
> to the original JSF form I need to adjust the XFA template.
>
Unless you really want/need XFA - I would stick with standard
AcroForms. (regardless of any other choice you make)
> I have a copy and license of Adobe acrobat 8 Pro. I create a Root
> document
> with "Reader enable", import this in the Java application using a
> stamper.
As soon as you start playing with that form with iText, you will
break the "enablement" - so that's a non-starter.
That means you have two choices
1) You purchase Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extension Server and then that
"enables" the document after you've used iText to apply the content.
2) You don't use iText at all - and instead use FDF files in
conjunction with your "Reader Enabled by Acrobat" file.
Leonard
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