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Fill up Acrobat Reader form automatically

urr
Registered: Sep 24 2008
Posts: 2

Hello

I tried to search forums, but with no success. So I ask you.

My goal is with another program automatically open an existing pdf-document (form) using Acrobat Reader 6.0 and fill up the form. User then can print it out, no saving is needed.

For example, a file like this (file will be located on hard drive, not in Internet):
http://veeb.haigekassa.ee/files/est_blanketid/kindl_nimekiri.pdf

So I need to
1) open an existing pdf-document using Acrobat Reader (6.0).
2) automatically recognize editable fields
3) automatically fill these fields without user intervention
Then user can check the data and print it out.

My question is:
Is it possible to do using Adobe standard API-s or dll-s?
I couldn't find any :(

I found a third party software which should do that (iTextSharp)
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/scottlysle/PdfGenerator_CS06162007023347AM/PdfGenerator_CS.aspx
but I would like to do it without using third-party software.

Thanks,
Urr

thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Yes, there is a way to automatically populate at PDF in Reader from an external program. Use the Interapplication communication (IAC) interface to access Reader from an external application. You can find info about the IAC here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/


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