Even if the PDF is generated elsewhere, you can still add form fields, which act as your tags, with Acrobat or third-pary products such as PDFTypewriter.
Then fill and flatten the fields at production time. Another option is to have two copies of the PDF template, one with and one without fields. Pre-production, extract the field attributes to an XML file, then overwrite the template without the fields using the XML attribute file at production time. Both options are used in these examples: http://forum.planetpdf.com/wb/default.asp?action=9&read=35912&fid=3#94629 --- Kenneth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am wondering if iText or some other PDF java > library > could use PDF files as templates? The PDF templates > can > contain tags, like ~FIRST_NAME~,~DESCRIPTION~ or > similar > that is changes to dynamic contents from an > application/database. > This should be use to personalise documents to > different receivers. > The orginal PDF file is not generated internal so I > can not > generate the PDF from XML or similar, then I whould > use that > solution. > > I saw that maybe Form fields could be used and with > software be > replaced with dynamic data/text and then flatten the > file, but is > there some solution of not using Form fields? > > - Kenneth > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux > Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, > President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from > fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
