Quoting Sanjay Amatya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> hi i am evaluating your software iText for use. i would like to know
> if your library can be used to merge data with an existing PDF file.

Yes and no, only in a limited way:
http://www.lowagie.com/iText/faq.html#template
http://www.lowagie.com/iText/faq.html#parsepdf

> for example if
> i have a contact.pdf file with following tags: name (text), phone (text),
> gender (male or female: check-box). if i want to create a new PDF file
> merging data for an invidividual with the existing contact.pdf, can i
> achieve this with iText?

If you know the exact positions of your 'name-boxes', you can import
an existing page, add it to a new document and paint some text (from
your database) over the imported page at absolute positions.

I don't have an example.

Bruno

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