XFA is NOT an Adobe only product, there are other companies that offers XFA-based solutions. However, I am not aware of any open-source libraries in this area. iText has limited support for XFA (mostly reading & writing it as a blob), but since it is XML you can do most things outside of iText anyway.
The one big thing that you can't do with iText (or any other open source solution at this time) is flattening/rendering the XFA. For that, you will need a solution such as Adobe's LiveCycle ES servers... -----Original Message----- From: Smicky [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [iText-questions] iText form manipulation : Acroform of XFA... Hi, I need to generate PDF documents and want to use a form as a template. Just like the IText "accreditation card" exemple. I will then fill fields and merge PDF & form to produce a PDF server side. So far, I've played with Acroforms with success but I miss some formating options I've tried to design a form with LiveCycle Designer, which I think produces XFA forms. With this, I can produce some advanced layout but I wonder : - will I be able to "flatten" the XFA Form and the background PDF ? - will I have access to "floating fields" via IText - will I ultimately need another library that IText or even Adobe server software to manipulate XFA form because it's an Adobe "only" product ? Thanks a lot. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/iText-form-manipulation-%3A-Acroform-of-XFA...-tp26318857p26318857.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
