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Adobe provides a file format called "fdf" which can be used to fill pdf forms created for Acrobat Reader 6. Except that I can't seem to get it to work for checkboxes. Text fields fill in just fine. I need checkboxes, too.
Newer versions of Acrobat use a file format called xpa which is xml-ish. Much easier to use! But I can't seem to use it with the forms I need to use it with.
I think I need to go back to the "give up on using Adobe products".
I need a way to take information from a database and put it in the right place on a piece of paper. More than than, I need the ability to let the end user update the layout of that piece of paper. And I would love to do this in Linux.
I may be asking for way too much.
Newer versions of Acrobat use a file format called xpa which is xml-ish. Much easier to use! But I can't seem to use it with the forms I need to use it with.
I think I need to go back to the "give up on using Adobe products".
I need a way to take information from a database and put it in the right place on a piece of paper. More than than, I need the ability to let the end user update the layout of that piece of paper. And I would love to do this in Linux.
I may be asking for way too much.