Oh, thank you Leornard.
Could you tell me what really I need to do that?
Thank you very much.
On Jan 9, 2008 3:08 PM, Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, you would need LiveCycle ES present as well to manipulate the forms.
>
> Leonard
>
> On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:57 PM, araujo.guntin wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Leornard,
> >
> > After your message, I download the LiveCycle trial version and
> > documentation. I didn't find the API which I could handle the PDF
> > document
> > using the Java-based programming.
> >
> > The LiveCycle API is to interact with LiveCycle ES services.
> >
> > I'm sorry... I know that this is the itext forum. I'll appreciate
> > your help.
> >
> > My situation:
> > Could I handle a PDF document using the Java-based programming? This
> > document has a XFA form
> >
> > I want to say, don't use the LiveCycle server-based application.
> >
> > I'm developing a small desktop application. This application read
> > from the
> > database and populate a PDF document. The PDF document has many
> > subforms and
> > they use a button to increment the field in the subform or
> > duplicate the
> > subform.
> >
> > Thanks for all
> >
> >
> >
> > Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> >>
> >> Adobe LiveCycle Forms Server is the product that addresses XFA forms
> >> and has both a server-based application and Java-based programming
> >> library.
> >>
> >> Leonard
> >>
> >> On Nov 21, 2007, at 9:19 PM, araujo.guntin wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for all Bruno,
> >>>
> >>> The PDF file has a XFA form, I checked this using the isXfaPresent
> >>> () method.
> >>>
> >>> Now, How could I find out if the layout is changed?
> >>>
> >>> You said... no tools available other than Adobe products that allow
> >>> you to
> >>> work with these forms.
> >>>
> >>> Does Adobe have a library to do this?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> araujo.guntin wrote:
> >>>>> I need to read from the fields in a PDF document and save this
> >>>>> information
> >>>>> in the database.
> >>>>
> >>>> That's one part of your project: you have an existing PDF
> >>>> with either an AcroForm or an XFA form. It's fairly easy
> >>>> to get the values of the fields. You won't even notice
> >>>> if the field is an AcroField or an XFA field. In iText,
> >>>> this is transparent to you.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Also I have to read from the Database and fill out the
> >>>>> fields in a PDF document.
> >>>>
> >>>> That's another part of the question.
> >>>> Please find out which kind of form is present before continuing.
> >>>> You can do this with iText, look for a method isXfaPresent()
> >>>>
> >>>>> This is my question in this message.
> >>>>> This document has some buttons which adds more text controls to
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> document. Could I execute the action of this buttons in order to
> >>>>> add
> >>>>> more
> >>>>> text controls to the document?
> >>>>
> >>>> Do the controls change the layout of the document?
> >>>> If so, you have a dynamic XFA form created with Adobe LiveCycle.
> >>>> This means you have to stick to Adobe LiveCycle, as there are
> >>>> no tools available other than Adobe products that allow you to
> >>>> work with these forms.
> >>>>
> >>>> If the layout doesn't change, there could be some JavaScript
> >>>> in the PDF that add fields or makes existing but invisible fields
> >>>> visible. You can also use iText to add extra fields (as long as
> >>>> you don't expect the existing lay-out to change!)
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't guess which type of forms you are talking about from
> >>>> where I'm sitting, so it's difficult for me to give a useful
> >>>> answer.
> >>>> br,
> >>>> Bruno
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