On 11/05/2012 18:17, cats wrote: > I'd already seen the first 15 minutes of the XML Forms Architecture > presentation (on parleys) that you suggested before I wrote to the forum, > but its been a busy day today, so maybe sometime this weekend to finish it, > although I guess it was linked to your 2nd interpretation of my requirement.
Yes, that was based on a different interpretation. Summarized: If the customers need to fill out the PDF, you need an interactive PDF form. There are two flavors of forms: - AcroFields: these are represented using widget annotations; they lay on top of the existing content; they are defined using fixed coordinates. - XFA: this isn't really PDF anymore. The PDF is a container for XML. This is explained in the second part of the video. Note that FOP doesn't support this format. Forms like this are typically created using Adobe LiveCycle Designer. Note that the following is impossible without using Adobe software: "the end-user can fill in some of the details and save the PDF." An end-user can't save a PDF he or she has filled out UNLESS (1) he owns a copy of Adobe Acrobat, or (2) the document is "Reader enabled". Reader-enabled documents are documents that are signed using a private key owned by Adobe. When opened in Adobe Reader, functionality that isn't available for "ordinary" PDFs is unlocked. In a sense, Adobe Reader starts behaving a little bit as if you were working with Adobe Acrobat. > As an aside, I was in Ghent with my wife not long ago - a beautiful city! > (I also enjoyed watching the finish of a pro cycle race). Flanders is bicycle crazy, and so am I ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
