Thomas Reitmeier wrote: > - PdfStamper: with PdfStamper you can only create a new file and not > directly write into the template (afaik)
Er... If you edit a file with Word, you also create a (temporary) new file; but then when you save it, the existing file is replaced with the temporary file and the temporary file is deleted. That's... obvious, isn't it? > - PdfWriter: quote about PdfWriter Class from the book (iTExt in > Action): "The major downside: All interactive features (annotations, > bookmarks, fields, and so forth) of the imported page are lost in the > process." Why would you use PdfWriter to fill in a form? > is it possible anyway to first fill up a template (PDF with a AcroForm), Yes, with PdfStamper. What is your problem? > and then open and fill in some things manually Using Adobe Reader? Is your PDF file Reader Enabled? > and the get the data? If the manually filled in data is posted to a server, then it's easy (and explained in the book). -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
