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Do not flatten form fields

Tue, 2012-05-01 15:32 — zaphod

When using a PDF form with form fields as a template, and populating the form fields, is there a way to tell PDF Include not to flatten some or all the form fields in the generated PDF document ?

In other words, I would like to open the resulting PDF document with Adobe Reader and be able to fill the form fields.

Right now, after generating a PDF form, the form fields no longer exist.

PS: Using version 3.3.3 on AIX 6.1 64bit with OpenEdge 10.2B06


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Wed, 2012-08-29 11:12 — jice

still interested?

Hi Zaphod,
are you still interested in this funcionality?
I have a preliminar version here that works in almost every cases, it is still under testing but will prove very good at retaining the form.
regards
JC


Wed, 2012-09-26 14:01 — gougeonr

Yes I Am

Hello JC

Sorry I could not respond sooner, but the OEHive kept rejecting all my posts with "Your submission has triggered the installed spam filter and will not be accepted.".

I finally gave up and created a new account. Lets hope it works this time.

I would love to test your preliminay version. Let me know how to proceed.

Thanks.


Sun, 2013-03-24 22:29 — jice

contact me with private msg

Hi
I'm so sorry I did not see your answer earlier!
Can you please contact me privately (click on my user name then contact) so that we can continue this discussion?
The feature is working good, I'd be glad to help you.
Read you soon!
JC


Fri, 2012-05-04 11:20 — jice

currently not supported

Hi
You're right, the form fields disapear after generating a pdf form.
Keeping the form fields is currently not supported, however I'd be glad to implement it; please contact me privately for the conditions.
Regards
JC


Wed, 2013-02-13 14:45 — Tw

Do not flatten form fields

JC,

We are looking for a progress pdf solution that works both on Windows and unix and I am looking into pdf-inc.

Did you end up adding the feature so fill in form fields are preserved? We pre-populate our form and allow the user to modify most fields. Is this something I will be able to accomplish with pdf-inc.i? If so, how can I check if my version of pdf-inc.i contains that feature?

Also, on our most popular form we produce a bar-code using the Bar Code 39 e font, size 18 Will pdf-inc support that?

Regards,
TW