hi ryan.. thx for all of the great feedback. mark
> In your case you might be better off doing the XML->PDF. I believe the > XLS->XML has been done before. PDF templates don't exist in > the same sense > as XLS templates. You would need to get into PDF forms > . > Last time I checked, Acrobat had a pure java library for > filling out forms. > It creates an FDF file as compared to a PDF. Its like the PDF is the > template and the FDF is the filled out form. The caveat is > that you have to > either buy the full version of Acrobat and create the original > form/template. I don't remember if iText supports doing this > programmatically. One advantage of buying the full version of > Acrobat is > that you can print out the Excel template to a PDF file and > then create your > form on top of that. This way the finished PDF will look > virtually identical > to the Excel worksheet. > > I am an expert on document management. If you need more help I offer > consulting services through superlink software > (http://www.superlinksoftware.com ). > > Maybe one of the Excel guys will chime in about the XML... > > -Ryan
