[I realize this is an iText list and Bruno can smack me when he gets back from the US, but I feel the need to correct errors]
Edward, I think you have some facts incorrect here. > XFA fields don't expand > They most certainly DO expand - that's one of the benefits of XFA over AcroForms. Perhaps you meant that AcroForm fields don't expand?? > Livecycle documents don't flatten > I assume by LiveCycle documents you mean XFA-based PDFs, yes? If so, that is also not correct. Adobe offers both desktop and server-side solutions for flattening XFA and has for almost 15 years (since we introduced XFA). Where did you learn that you couldn't flatten them? > Live Cycle Server AND the module we needed to flatten LC forms > For server-side flattening, you do need to the Forms component of LiveCycle - but you don't have to purchase all the other modules. Alternatively, we offer a library (similar to iText) that enables this as well if you wish to build your own solution. All that said - Adobe is VERY HAPPY that the iText folks have invested in XFA support in their product and will continue to support them in this endeavor. Leonard On 1/14/14 5:36 PM, "edward_gi...@ilnb.uscourts.gov" <edward_gi...@ilnb.uscourts.gov> wrote: >FWIW, this has been the bane of my PDF life for a number of years now. >XFA fields don't expand and Livecycle documents don't flatten. Talking to >Adobe was useless. They didn't understand and simply didn't seem to care. >When they DID come out with a solution, I was to try to convince my boss >to >purchase the entire Live Cycle Server AND the module we needed to flatten >LC forms. I couldn't justify the outrageous expense just to flatten a >form. Adobe's final response to me was to use read-only forms as my final >output...even though I TRIED to explain that a read-only form is STILL a >form...it's NOT a flat document. > >THANK YOU itext!! They came to the rescue with XFA Worker. Now I can >flatten Live Cycle forms! I've been using it in our test environment for >a >couple of months and recently moved it into our live environment. Every >once in awhile there is a form that doesn't come out QUITE right, but the >people at iText have been very responsive to my reports. > >Back when I first found iText, I sent a message thanking and praising them >for a product that served us very well from the first hour that I picked >it >up. I can't speak highly enough of them. It took awhile to develop an >answer to the LiveCycle issues created by Adobe, but iText has come >through >again. It IS a little convoluted, but it's the best (heck, it's the only) >real solution out there. > > > > > > > > > ³Be always at war with your vices, at Edward Gioja > > peace with your neighbors, and let Programmer/Analyst > > each new year find you a better man,² (312)582-5232 > > Benjamin Franklin (509)465-8453 > > (Embedded image moved to > > file: pic29206.gif) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Kostas" <k...@dataverse.gr> >To: "'Post all your questions about iText here'" > <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> >Date: 01/13/2014 08:51 AM >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Making text fields grow to accommodate > text > > > >Thanks a lot. >That would be a nice solution, although it requires me to buy Adobe >LiveCycle Designer. >But, I guess, nothing else is humanly possible. >I will try some possible workarounds first and if they don¹t help I will >consider moving to your solution. > >Thanks again. J > >From: iText mailing list [mailto:i...@1t3xt.info] >Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 6:01 PM >To: Post all your questions about iText here >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Making text fields grow to accommodate text > >On 1/13/2014 7:58 AM, Kostas wrote: > I would like to do something like that too, using iText. > >If you create a dynamic form using XFA technology using Adobe LiveCycle >Designer, you can fill it out with iText and flatten it with XFA Worker. >You can't expect an AcroForm based form to expand automagically. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. >Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For >Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. >Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. >http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clkt >rk >_______________________________________________ >iText-questions mailing list >iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > >iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. 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