I have created an fdf that includes incremental changes. When I merge this fdf with a pdf it places the fields back exactly where they were on the original pdf. What I need to do it be able to place the fdf to a different location on the page. Is there a way to place an fdf with incremental changes in a different position than it was when it was created?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Dave Beaujean
dbeaujean [at] wowway [dot] com
Placement of an fdf on a page
2008-10-19 15:44:14
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
2008-10-21 16:28:49
#2
What type of changes to the PDF does the FDF contain, exactly?George
The FDF contains fields and it contents and buttons and its icon data.Dave
2008-10-21 17:02:53
#3
So it sounds as though you want certain fields (text fields, button fields) to be moved, right?
There is not convenient a way to do that. It would be possible to modify the FDF given the proper tools, but you can't do it with the FDF Toolkit, for example.
A workaround that you might consider is moving the fields just prior to submitting, and move them back after submitting, though I don't recall offhand which versions of Reader would support this...
George
There is not convenient a way to do that. It would be possible to modify the FDF given the proper tools, but you can't do it with the FDF Toolkit, for example.
A workaround that you might consider is moving the fields just prior to submitting, and move them back after submitting, though I don't recall offhand which versions of Reader would support this...
George
2008-10-22 14:30:39
#4
So it sounds as though you want certain fields (text fields, button fields) to be moved, right?There is not convenient a way to do that. It would be possible to modify the FDF given the proper tools, but you can't do it with the FDF Toolkit, for example.
A workaround that you might consider is moving the fields just prior to submitting, and move them back after submitting, though I don't recall offhand which versions of Reader would support this...
George
Actually George, I am not moving the fields, I am actually "creating" the fields. I will try to explain this better.A workaround that you might consider is moving the fields just prior to submitting, and move them back after submitting, though I don't recall offhand which versions of Reader would support this...
George
1) The user selects a button which then creates a set of fields and field values.
2) What I want to do then, is to be able to save those fields and place them back into another pdf but in a different position. I was thinking that and fdf would work nicely as I could import all of the fileds in one action.
Thanks for you help,
Dave
2008-10-22 15:21:58
#5
Applying appended saves to a different PDF than the one from which it was obtained would only work by dumb luck. Any appended saves should only be applied to the original PDF.
You could try passing the information about the newly created fields as the value of a (hidden) text field, and use that information to recreate them. Whether this is feasible would depend on your intended workflow.
Geogre
You could try passing the information about the newly created fields as the value of a (hidden) text field, and use that information to recreate them. Whether this is feasible would depend on your intended workflow.
Geogre
George