We have a document generation component based on FOP (0.95) that has for several years been a central component for many of the company Java-based products that needed some documentation generated.
We now have a requirement for some of our documents to be editable for a few selected fields. It is has been suggested that a quick win would be to post-process the PDFs with itext to achieve this and I am looking to see if this is feasible. I am brand-new to itext, but my limited look so far has failed to see how I can either mark fields for later easy identification by itext, or by the ability of itext to easily then insert editable form functionality via a PDFReader/PDFStamper type of operation. I am hoping that forum members can let me know if I should carry on trying to look at a FOP + itext transformation to do this (we already have the FOP XML written), or instead maybe modify our document-generation component to build our PDFs straight from itext. The purchase of a licence for itext has been authorised so either way, I suppose we might as well get on and buy it (and get the complementary itext book), but it would be good to have a plan of how its going to work first, Cheers! Rob -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Can-itext-post-process-selective-PDF-elements-to-make-them-editable-tp4624444.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] 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
