On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:12 AM, john depasquale <jo...@johndepasquale.net>wrote:
> > > Hi all, > > I’m trying to determine if there’s a perl module with which I can create > pdf files and create input fields in the file ( form fields? ), so that > the recipient of the pdf file can open it, fill in those fields, and save > the file. I’ve looked at the module pdf::api2 but it appears to only allow > me to create pdfs and insert text and images, but not create input fields( > unless I’m just not understanding it’s capability ). > Is there such a module for perl? > > Thanks much. > > > I am not a PDF expert, but did look into this at one point. You may be trying to do something that Adobe specifically blocks. If your users are going to open the PDF in Adobe Reader, then saving the file will not be possible. My understanding is that the best you can do is have the PDF file have a submit button that creates or mails an FDF or XML file. You probably want to read up on the Adobe FDFToolkit. Once upon a time, Adobe provided a Perl interface to this. You may also find PDF::FDF::Simple might be part of the solution. I eventually decided to approach this kind of functionality another way. As an example, you could generate an Excel spreadsheet in which all cells except those you want the user to fill in are locked. Modifying the cells programmatically is possible without unlocking the cells. Thus, you create a base template and lock in down. Later, your perl script customizes specific cells and sends it to the user to fill out. Let us know if you find something better, or if any of the information above is wrong. -- Tim Bolshaw
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