Look at flpsed with pdf2ps, ps2pdf http://www.ecademix.com/JohannesHofmann/flpsed.html
2009/10/19 Nick Rout <[email protected]>: > I have PDF forms that I want to populate with data. I want to be able > to save the data and change it, and reprint the form with the updated > data. > > An example of the forms is here: > http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/pdf/DistrictCourtsRules/DCR-Form-2.pdf > > I don't want to have to buy full adobe acrobat at whatever inflated > price it may be (not forgetting there are probably 7 people in the > office needing to use these forms, and more if it becomes a generic > solution to other problems). > > I envisage probably a web page which asks questions needed to populate > the form - probably a standard LAMP arrangement. I can probably figure > all that out, its getting the data into the PDF form which has fields > etc generated by someone else that is the difficulty. > > I am aware of reportlab (python pdf api) > http://www.reportlab.org/rl_toolkit.html . Figuring out how to use it > in this context is another matter. > > Any tips or pointers would be valued highly. >
