Hello and PDF 2 FOP
Hello List, I am glad to say that i've tried FOP a while and it seems quite a good work. Now I want to incorporate in my work. The client gave us a pdf file, in which we should be adding database data (I mean fill the form :). We thought something about regenerating the .fo file from the given .pdf, change the .fo, and generate a new pdf with the filled data. Is this possible? If so can someone point me out a direction to follow? Any alternatives are always welcome. Thank You Diogo Quintela - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Hello and PDF 2 FOP
-Original Message- From: Diogo Quintela (EF) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, The client gave us a pdf file, in which we should be adding database data (I mean fill the form :). We thought something about regenerating the .fo file from the given .pdf, What you could do is - either manually rewrite the entire PDF form in XSL-FO code (which can become quite time-consuming if you have a lot of 'ornaments' and need 100% identity; OTOH this could be quite a good exercise in FO :) ) - or make an image out of the blank form, create an XSL-FO that uses this as a background and puts the form data on top at the right coordinates. HTH! Greetz, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hello and PDF 2 FOP
I think, iText is particularly suited for this kind of job. Converting PDF to XSL-FO and back to PDF is not a realistic way to do what you need to accomplish. Maybe sometime in the future FOP might me powerful enough to use an existing PDF as background. On 13.05.2004 19:49:13 Diogo Quintela \(EF\) wrote: Hello List, I am glad to say that i've tried FOP a while and it seems quite a good work. Now I want to incorporate in my work. The client gave us a pdf file, in which we should be adding database data (I mean fill the form :). We thought something about regenerating the .fo file from the given .pdf, change the .fo, and generate a new pdf with the filled data. Is this possible? If so can someone point me out a direction to follow? Any alternatives are always welcome. Jeremias Maerki - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Hello and PDF 2 FOP
You may also want to look into iText (http://www.lowagie.com/iText). I believe it can handle PDF Forms. (*Chris*) -Original Message- From: Andreas L. Delmelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:12 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Hello and PDF 2 FOP -Original Message- From: Diogo Quintela (EF) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, The client gave us a pdf file, in which we should be adding database data (I mean fill the form :). We thought something about regenerating the .fo file from the given .pdf, What you could do is - either manually rewrite the entire PDF form in XSL-FO code (which can become quite time-consuming if you have a lot of 'ornaments' and need 100% identity; OTOH this could be quite a good exercise in FO :) ) - or make an image out of the blank form, create an XSL-FO that uses this as a background and puts the form data on top at the right coordinates. HTH! Greetz, Andreas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
