I am able to convert excel to pdf and have pdf recognize the fields for form purposes. However, acrobat xi saves the form as static and not dynamic. How do I save this form as Dynamic form?
There are a couple of ways to go. The most flexible and obvious is to use a LiveCycle form. If you have an Acrobat Professional version 7 to X, then you can use LiveCycle Designer.
You can find more details explained here:
http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/department48.cfm
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I have a few documents that all look the same initially, but then have different content in the middle of the document.
Is there a way to make a base template pdf, and then tell a pdf to use it as the base and then add additional template data to the result.
i.e. like a modular class system.
I am using pdf, adobe acrobat pro DC, and its Prepare Form component.
and I am usign Itext to read the template and then populate the data into a final pdf.
please remove tag if this is not related to itext, but i wondered if there was an option within itext to pull a template and then add the contents from another template.
the answer seems to be use livecycle designer for dynamic tempaltes.
or wait for itexts new dynamic forms.
Currently, I have an excel file that upon launch it shows a userform where users can fill out a few text boxes/comboboxes and press create. Upon pressing create, it gathers stored data and creates a PDF that we send to vendors. It's essentially an invoice. The vendors that receive this PDF have to fill out a couple of lines and return it to us. Right now if they have no acrobat/reader experience, they're printing the PDF and then scanning and returning to us.
I want the vendors to be able to type in a few areas on the PDF and return it to us. My question is, can I create a fillable PDF from excel? Does anyone know how to do this using excel features or with VBA? Or any other method?
Thanks!
Brandon
Short Answer: Absolutely.
First you will start with a fillable pdf form. (you can create one using Adobe Acrobat or the older Adobe Designer)
It is my understanding, from your question that you would like to take some information, fill out a PDF, then send this to your client, to complete this.
Using VBA you can do all of this in one single button.
I created a step-by-step video on how to use the SendKeys method to achieve this.
Please see the detailed instructional YouTube video here: How to AUTOMATICALLY fill PDF forms using Microsoft Excel in 1 CLICK
We have a requirement to convert XFA Form (Adobe LiveCycle Form) to PDF/A-1B.
We're attempting to use iText 5.4.0 to parse the PDF, populate the XFA fields and then save the modified PDF back out.
All the examples I can find with iText talk about populating XFA fields into PDF.
Can I convert an XFA form ( static / dynamic and generated using LiveCycle) to PDFA 1b directly?
As need PDFA for sure and can’t live with plain PDFs. So as workaround we were thinking about converting the PDF to PDFA. Is that the right approach or we are missing something here.
You can also use Adobe LiveCycle Forms Server or PDF Generator for this purpose. It supports conversion of XFA-based forms (either static or dynamic) to either PDF/A-1b or PDF/A-1a.
Yes, you can convert XFA forms to PDF/A using iText in combination with XFA Worker. However, XFA Worker is a closed source product. So you need to be an iText customer if you want to achieve what you want.
Note that we've done exactly what you need in a project for the Ministry of Justice in Belgium. I've written the following blog post about this project: : http://lowagie.com/xfabpm
Disclaimer: I'm the CEO of the iText Software Group. This answer isn't meant to promote the product. It's a genuine answer to this question.
I was also looking for the same problem and I reached an easy solution, you can try this out:
Drag and drop it xfa format PDF into chrome, it will open in chrome browser.
You will find three options at right corner:
Rotate clockwise
Download
Print
Click on "Print"
Change destination "save as PDF" and save.
Saved PDF is flat PDF(Acroform) and can be edited easily
I previously had an Elance contractor generate a PDF form for me to use for invoicing purposes.
I like the form, but I only can open it using Adobe Reader(Mac) and not Preview.
Recently, I came across a form that can be opened and filled in using Preview AND Adobe Reader.
See here
My question is, how do I generate a PDF form that can be opened in both Preview and Adobe Reader?
I am asking for both:
manual generation (using a software or an application like Word or
Adobe Professional PDF)
programatically (using code or library,
preferably open source)
There are two main types of PDF forms, AcroForms, and XFA forms. Although I have not tested this, I suspect that if you want a PDF form to work with the Preview application, it should be enough if you avoid using XFA forms (usually PDF forms generated by Adobe LiveCycle) and embedded javascript code inside your PDF files. PDF forms using action buttons like "Clear Form", "Print" and "Submit" for example will always involve some javascript code.
Recommendations for libraries that allow you to create these forms will depend on the OS that you want to use for creating them, the programming language, etc. This question seems to have an extensive list o such libraries.
I have been looking for a program to convert PDF files (both types) to PureEdge, and be able to modify the PureEdge form (like adding a signature block). I can only find stuff for lotus forms, and was told that files used for PureEdge Viewer were not compatible with lotus forms. Any help would be very appreciated.
PureEdge viewer is a program that allows one to view .xfdl documents which were created using IBM Lotus Forms. The two programs are definitely related.