How to use pdf forms

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iTextSharp is used to generate the pdf format of the webpage . But how to make the user input the data through the pdf forms and store the content in the database.How to embed adobe pdf forms in a web paaplication

Posted 30-Nov-13 22:39pm

SubhamSoni123

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Debopam Pal 1-Dec-13 4:57am

Why do you want to embed abode PDF forms in web application? Is HTML Form not enough to take input data from the user and store in the databse? Don't make a simple thing, complex unnecessary ...First you should know the purpose of PDF Forms.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-01T11:31:00

It depends on what you want. According to iText documentation, iText supports such interactive element as AcroForms.
These functionality of such elements are described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format#Interactive_elements[^].

As to iTestSharp, its releases are synchronized with iText, so the same features should be available. For most of the documentation, you need to look at Java documentation, which is easy to understand for a C# developer.

A "fillable field" is represented by the class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.TextField:
http://api.itextpdf.com/itext/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/TextField.html[^].

This is some basic C# code sample: http://kuujinbo.info/iTextInAction2Ed/index.aspx?ch=Chapter08&ex=TextFields[^].

You can look for the questions on interactive PDF elements in this forum: http://support.itextpdf.com/forum/17[^].

—SA