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Programmatically Load a Fillable PDF

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2007-09-07 09:55:14
pamskate5
Registered: Sep 7 2007
Posts: 2

I have a standard fillable pdf form from a government agency that my user base needs to submit on a quarterly basis. Since I am a computer software engineer I'd like my users to hit a button in my program and automatically fill in the pdf fields. My program will then display the PDF to the users and they can decide to "Submit" it if the data looks good.
 
My question is how do I find out the field names on the PDF form so I can programmatically fill it in? Are there examples of vb.net code that performs this task? I develop in Microsoft Visual Studio VB.Net and own Acrobat 7.0 Professional. Are there any tutorials on how to do this? Do I need additional Adobe software to do this?
 
Thanks,
Pam

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.1, Windows
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2007-09-07 12:39:45
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
You can do everything you want. Acrobat has an ActiveX interface called the IAC (Inter-Application Communication). Download the documentation from here:

[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]

You can do everything you want, but you may need to suppliment the VB code with some custom JavaScript functions Acrobat. So download the "Programming JavaScript From VB" document as well.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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