O7: PDF Form Fields

Rob Whitworth rob at rchwhitworth.co.uk
Wed Dec 18 08:12:55 EST 2013


Thanks for the suggestions.

Will investigate.

Cheers

Rob


-----Original Message-----
From: omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com
[mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Jones
Sent: 18 December 2013 13:09
To: OmnisDev List - English
Subject: Re: O7: PDF Form Fields

What you want to make is an .fdf file. Get Acrobat, fill out the form and
save the data to an .fdf file. Then export  the data from omnis in .fdf
format to the same directory as the PDF. The PDF specified in the .fdf will
open with the data filled in. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 18, 2013, at 4:59 AM, "Rob Whitworth" <rob at rchwhitworth.co.uk>
wrote:
> 
> Hi Phil
> 
> I do not want to create the PDF; I have to fill in an existing one.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com
> [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf Of Phil 
> Potter
> (ou)
> Sent: 18 December 2013 11:55
> To: omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com
> Subject: Re: O7: PDF Form Fields
> 
> You probably want to look at the Brainydata PDFwriter...
> http://www.brainydata.co.uk/products/pdfwriter.htm
> 
> Or alternatively try to control a PDF print driver...
> of which there are many options...
> ie http://www.cutepdf.com/
> 
> regards
> Phil.
> 
>> On 18/12/2013 11:49, Rob Whitworth wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We have a client who has been using our application for a few decades 
>> now who have a supplier to whom orders have to  be sent as an Excel 
>> file based on a template.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The application fills the template using DDE.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The supplier has now changed the format and requires a PDF form to be 
>> filled.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Has anyone had any experience of this and/or point me in the right 
>> direction.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rob
>> 
>> 
>> 
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