Filling PDF Forms

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Are there any Ruby utilities out there for filling out PDF forms?
I have PDF form that I would like to populate from a database.

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http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/

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Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu> wrote:

Are there any Ruby utilities out there for filling out PDF forms?
I have PDF form that I would like to populate from a database.

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pfharlock wrote:

Are there any Ruby utilities out there for filling out PDF forms?
I have PDF form that I would like to populate from a database.

http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/

While this is helpful, it does not solve my problem.

To clarify... I have a pre-existing PDF file which has various form
fields defined within it. I would like to automatically fill the
defined form fields with data from a database and provide the completed
file for download to the end user.

As near as I can tell from reading the manual, PDF::Writer does not
support forms in this fashion.

I really don't want to regenerate the entire form from scratch.

_Kevin

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Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu> wrote:

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You are correct. I am not sure when or if this will be possible with
PDF::Writer. You may want to look around the Adobe developer website,
because there are indications that it may be possible with other
means. I just haven't investigated it so far.

-austin

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On 12/5/05, Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu> wrote:

pfharlock wrote:
> Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu> wrote:
>> Are there any Ruby utilities out there for filling out PDF forms?
>> I have PDF form that I would like to populate from a database.
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> http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/

While this is helpful, it does not solve my problem.

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I'm looking for this same functionality myself. Please post if/when you
find a way to do it in Ruby.

Thanks-
Michael

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Just to follow up on this...

I ended up using iText which is a Java library. Filling in the form
fields was a piece of cake!
http://www.lowagie.com/iText/

After writing my own wrapper to iText I then connected it to Ruby using
RJB
http://arton.no-ip.info/collabo/backyard/?RubyJavaBridge
This bridge was also very easy to configure and use.