Creating and writing in a form
I have created multiple form boxes in a pdf. However, I am finding that some boxes I am not able to type into, but others I am. They all have the exact same options selected, such as multi-line, text size 12, Times Roman.
Why am I able to fill in some boxes and not others?
No. None are set to "read only."
I also found that if I went back and tried to edit the form box that I created previously (even 1 minute previously), the changes wouldn't happen. I had to re-create each form box and make sure I had all the options set that I wanted. In other words. I went back and tried to edit these boxes over and over trying to figure out what was needed.
I am not sure where I could post it.
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What is the easiest way to create and manage very big forms?
I need to create a form that will contain few hundred questions. Could you please give me some advise on what is the easiest way to do that? I mean for example is it easier to create everything in Word (since it is easier to manage) and than create a form based on that?
My concern is that when I will have a very big form, containing different kinds of questions and with many scripts, managing it during work will be slow and difficult, for example adding a question in the middle of the form which would require moving half of the questions down which could smash the layout etc.
What is the best practise for that?
Thanks in advanceTry using Table and Rows for this kind of forms. These forms will have the same look throught with a question and and answer section..
In the future if you want to add a new section, you can simply add rows in between..
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I have developed a form in Adobe pro which I want to use the extra fields that are available in Form Central such as ranking. I can create a form with these extra fields but cannot edit it once saved. Whats the trick?
Hi;
This FAQ describes how to further edit your FormsCentral PDF form in Adobe Acrobat: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-3661
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Hi all.
I'm starting to learn Java. In my project, I have a class data structure, and I want to save its information into xml file for record. But I'm not sure how to do..
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many thanksHi,
The code you have written looks great and nothing really needs to be changed. I will offer a couple of comments though.
The first is that there is an easier API for adding attributes that you might wish to use. The following:
rootElement.setAttribute(Tag_Version, "3");Is equivalent to:
Attr atr = document.createAttribute(Tag_Version);
atr.setValue("3");
rootElement.setAttributeNode(atr);Also whenever possible I prefer to use standard APIs rather than proprietary ones. I took your code and rewrote it using JAXP APIs, more code is required since JAXP does not offer the same convenience as the XDK but multiple parsers support the JAXP standard (including the XDK) and this makes your code portable across different parser implementations.
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
public class Example {
private static String Tag_Main = "main";
private static String Tag_Version = "version";
private static String Tag_SetupName = "setup-name";
private static String Tag_Remarks = "remarks";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
OutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream("abc.xml");
DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document document = documentBuilder.newDocument();
Element rootElement = document.createElement(Tag_Main);
rootElement.setAttribute(Tag_Version, "3");
document.appendChild(rootElement);
Element em = document.createElement(Tag_SetupName);
em.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Setup 1"));
rootElement.appendChild(em);
em = document.createElement(Tag_Remarks);
em.appendChild(document.createTextNode("My Testing"));
rootElement.appendChild(em);
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document);
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(outStream);
transformer.transform(source, result);
outStream.flush();
outStream.close();
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Create and write form output to text file
HI am pretty new to this and have a prob.
I have 10 fields in my form submitting which i need to create and write the form field values into an xml fil..this file is further used for other read write transactions.
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I need to know how I can print the returned form?
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Have a look at this PDF since it goes over designing for PDF, and the information on "Page Breaks" in "Page View" will apply to any PDF saved from the form (not only for distribution, but also the Response PDF), you will want to use that info to add Page Breaks in Page View for your downloaded PDFs: Tutorial: Creating and distributing fillable PDF forms
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JDev10g and ADF/Struts input form errors
I followed a demo for creating an input JSP form from Business Components. However, although I can create and run a report or read-only form without a problem, I cannot create and run an input form at all as I keep getting the following error:
javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: No getter method for property FirstName of bean org.apache.struts.taglib.html.BEAN
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Reading and writing to and from a file to a form
Hi there
I would like somebody to send me a code example,
showing me how to reading records from a file to a form,
and writing records to the same file from the same form.
I know that I have to use sycronize, but I just have not been
successful. I can constract forms, go from form to a form,
do buttons, do text fields. I can even read and write from and
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could somebody please explain how this done, and could you
please give me a code example. All the books seem to either
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I am sure it is very ease to do if ONLY I knew how!!!
thank you very much in advance for you help.I understand that code and I have used it before, however thanks for
trying to help me, it is really appreciated. However, that is not my
problem. I can read and write from a file to the console and vice versa.
what I cannot do, no matter how hard I try, is to write from a file, and
output it in.
I will tell you how far I have got.
I have a MenuFrame class, this is the code for it:
package WorkflowApp;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
public class MenuFrame extends JFrame {
JMenuBar menuBar1 = new JMenuBar();
JMenu menuFile = new JMenu();
JMenuItem menuFileExit = new JMenuItem();
JMenu menuHelp = new JMenu();
JMenuItem menuHelpAbout = new JMenuItem();
JToolBar toolBar = new JToolBar();
JButton jButton1 = new JButton();
JButton jButton2 = new JButton();
JButton jButton3 = new JButton();
ImageIcon image1;
ImageIcon image2;
ImageIcon image3;
JLabel statusBar = new JLabel();
Button button2 = new Button();
Button button3 = new Button();
Button button4 = new Button();
Button button5 = new Button();
Button button6 = new Button();
Button button7 = new Button();
Button button1 = new Button();
//Construct the frame
public MenuFrame() {
enableEvents(AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
try {
jbInit();
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
//Component initialization
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
image1 = new ImageIcon(WorkflowApp.MenuFrame.class.getResource("openFile.gif"));
image2 = new ImageIcon(WorkflowApp.MenuFrame.class.getResource("closeFile.gif"));
image3 = new ImageIcon(WorkflowApp.MenuFrame.class.getResource("help.gif"));
this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
this.setSize(new Dimension(400, 492));
this.setTitle("MenuFrame");
statusBar.setText(" ");
statusBar.setBounds(new Rectangle(0, 0, 3, 17));
menuFile.setText("File");
menuFileExit.setText("Exit");
menuFileExit.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
fileExit_actionPerformed(e);
menuHelp.setText("Help");
menuHelpAbout.setText("About");
menuHelpAbout.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
helpAbout_actionPerformed(e);
jButton1.setIcon(image1);
jButton1.setToolTipText("Open File");
jButton2.setIcon(image2);
jButton2.setToolTipText("Close File");
jButton3.setIcon(image3);
jButton3.setToolTipText("Help");
toolBar.setBorder(null);
toolBar.setBounds(new Rectangle(2, 2, 389, 30));
button2.setBounds(new Rectangle(217, 62, 135, 44));
button2.setLabel("Staff Details");
button2.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button2_actionPerformed(e);
button3.setBounds(new Rectangle(26, 127, 135, 44));
button3.setLabel("Arange Viewing");
button3.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button3_actionPerformed(e);
button4.setBounds(new Rectangle(218, 127, 136, 41));
button4.setLabel("Valuation");
button4.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button4_actionPerformed(e);
button5.setBounds(new Rectangle(28, 196, 135, 41));
button5.setLabel("Schedule");
button6.setBounds(new Rectangle(221, 194, 133, 40));
button6.setName("button6");
button6.setLabel("Register Interest");
button7.setBounds(new Rectangle(31, 266, 133, 42));
button7.setLabel("Register Offers");
button1.setBounds(new Rectangle(27, 62, 131, 42));
button1.setLabel("New Client");
button1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button1_actionPerformed(e);
menuFile.add(menuFileExit);
menuHelp.add(menuHelpAbout);
menuBar1.add(menuFile);
menuBar1.add(menuHelp);
this.setJMenuBar(menuBar1);
this.getContentPane().add(statusBar, null);
this.getContentPane().add(toolBar, null);
toolBar.add(jButton1);
toolBar.add(jButton2, null);
toolBar.add(jButton3, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button3, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button5, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button7, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button2, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button4, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button6, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button1, null);
//File | Exit action performed
public void fileExit_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
//Help | About action performed
public void helpAbout_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
MenuFrame_AboutBox dlg = new MenuFrame_AboutBox(this);
Dimension dlgSize = dlg.getPreferredSize();
Dimension frmSize = getSize();
Point loc = getLocation();
dlg.setLocation((frmSize.width - dlgSize.width) / 2 + loc.x, (frmSize.height - dlgSize.height) / 2 + loc.y);
dlg.setModal(true);
dlg.show();
//Overridden so we can exit on System Close
protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) {
super.processWindowEvent(e);
if(e.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING) {
fileExit_actionPerformed(null);
void button2_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
StaffDetails myFrame = new StaffDetails();
myFrame.show();
void button3_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ArrangeViewing myFrame = new ArrangeViewing();
myFrame.show();
void button1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
NewClientFrame myFrame = new NewClientFrame();
myFrame.show();
// System.exit(1);
void button4_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Valuation myFrame = new Valuation();
myFrame.show();
then I have a new form class, this is the code for it
package WorkflowApp;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class NewClientFrame extends JFrame {
Label label1 = new Label();
Label label2 = new Label();
Label label3 = new Label();
Label label4 = new Label();
Label label5 = new Label();
Label label6 = new Label();
Label label7 = new Label();
Label label8 = new Label();
Label label9 = new Label();
Label label10 = new Label();
TextField textField1 = new TextField();
TextField textField2 = new TextField();
TextField textField3 = new TextField();
TextField textField4 = new TextField();
TextField textField5 = new TextField();
TextField textField6 = new TextField();
TextField textField7 = new TextField();
TextField textField8 = new TextField();
TextField textField9 = new TextField();
TextField textField10 = new TextField();
Button button1 = new Button();
Button button2 = new Button();
//Construct the frame
public NewClientFrame() {
enableEvents(AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
try {
jbInit();
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
//Component initialization
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
this.setSize(new Dimension(411, 488));
this.setTitle("NewClientFrame ");
this.addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
this_windowClosing(e);
label1.setBounds(new Rectangle(21, 23, 110, 23));
label1.setAlignment(2);
label1.setText("Assign Number");
label2.setBounds(new Rectangle(23, 57, 108, 25));
label2.setAlignment(2);
label2.setText("Name");
label3.setBounds(new Rectangle(40, 91, 94, 24));
label3.setAlignment(2);
label3.setText("Address 1");
label4.setBounds(new Rectangle(21, 124, 112, 29));
label4.setAlignment(2);
label4.setText("Address 2");
label5.setBounds(new Rectangle(20, 159, 116, 29));
label5.setAlignment(2);
label5.setText("PoscCode");
label6.setBounds(new Rectangle(18, 197, 119, 26));
label6.setAlignment(2);
label6.setText("Telephone");
label7.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 228, 112, 26));
label7.setAlignment(2);
label7.setText("Other Telephone");
label8.setBounds(new Rectangle(12, 261, 125, 24));
label8.setAlignment(2);
label8.setText("Email Address");
label9.setBounds(new Rectangle(6, 301, 138, 25));
label9.setAlignment(2);
label9.setText("Staff Assigned (Name)");
label10.setBounds(new Rectangle(22, 341, 124, 23));
label10.setAlignment(2);
label10.setText("Staff Assigned (No.)");
textField1.setBounds(new Rectangle(155, 19, 80, 26));
textField2.setBounds(new Rectangle(155, 58, 193, 24));
textField3.setBounds(new Rectangle(156, 90, 192, 25));
textField4.setBounds(new Rectangle(157, 126, 192, 23));
textField5.setBounds(new Rectangle(157, 159, 195, 25));
textField6.setBounds(new Rectangle(157, 194, 195, 26));
textField7.setBounds(new Rectangle(157, 230, 192, 24));
textField8.setBounds(new Rectangle(157, 263, 193, 25));
textField9.setBounds(new Rectangle(157, 303, 196, 24));
textField10.setBounds(new Rectangle(158, 337, 95, 24));
button1.setBounds(new Rectangle(23, 398, 144, 34));
button1.setLabel("Staff Available");
button2.setBounds(new Rectangle(211, 396, 148, 34));
button2.setLabel("Submit Record");
button2.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button2_actionPerformed(e);
this.getContentPane().add(label1, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label2, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label3, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label4, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label5, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label6, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label7, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label8, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label9, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label10, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField1, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField2, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField3, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField4, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField5, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField6, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField7, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField8, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField9, null);
this.getContentPane().add(textField10, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button1, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button2, null);
public void fileExit_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
// exit(this);
// close();
//Overridden so we can exit on System Close
protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) {
super.processWindowEvent(e);
if(e.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING) {
System.exit(0);
void button2_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// myFrame.close();
this.dispose();
void this_windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
this.dispose();
I also have an about box, staff details, and valuation forms.
what I am trying to do is for the New client form to be able to read and write from and to a file, and display the info.
I am working in JBuilder3, a bit out of date I know, but it is the best I can do. Any Ideas how to do this. -
Create and Distribute Forms in Acobat Standard
Hi,
A customer has asked if it is possible to Create and Distribute Forms in Acrobat X Standard, the same way as is possible
in Acrobat X1 Pro as we are using?
thanks
PaulYes it is. Here's a link to the Acrobat X Standard help file: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/X/standard/using/index.html
Specifically: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/X/standard/using/WSB53E4545-865B-4e2e-9C87-C98847DE53A C.html -
We have a document that a former employee created and password protected. He left without revealing the password to anyone and now we need to make changes to the form. Is there a way to remove the security?
Hello Kelly,
if you can't negotiate a private agreement, there is no possibility to recover this document. Then the only way is, that you copy the contents or create a new one according to your wishes.
Hans-Günter -
HCM Process and Forms - Create and End record using the same form scenario
Hi All,
I have the following requirement while using HCM Processes and Forms: Using one form/scenario I need to both create a record or be able to end a record for infotype 841. When looking at the back-end service SAP_PA I have operations Create, Change, Change without delimiting and Delete. My requirement would be to do both a create and a delete I guess, but these two can't be selected at the same time while configuring the form scenario.
I was thinking about doing somethign with the startdate and enddate instead of using the effective date. But I have no clue how to do that.
How would this be possible?
Thanks,
JYou are correct in assuming that you cannot have a create and delete on the same infotype. The config will not allow it. Instead, configure the create and then do the delete via a call to you own method in the workflow or via the advanced generic service
Cheers
Ian -
Which SDK can be used to "Create and manipulate forms"??
The ability to "Create and manipulate forms" is listed twice (and inconsistently) in this table:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/library/
(row 11 and row 17).
One of the entries probably refers to AcroForms and the other to XFA forms?
Can someone please clarify?
TIA,
-RFHThanks, Bernd.
I have a follow-up question. When I use Acrobat interactively, I can execute these commands:
- "Recognize text using OCR"
followed by:
- "Run form field recognition"
The commands above will create an AcroForm, correct? Is there any way to create an XFA form in a similar fashion?
Last but not least: can the two commands above be performed under "remote control" (i.e., programmatically with the SDK API)?
TIA,
-RFH -
Do you need to have Adobe Acrobat X or XI in order to use FormsCentral? Can FormsCentral be used without Acrobat to create and modify forms?
Hi Joseph,
Unfortunately, no. But Adobe does offer a free 30-day trial of Acrobat (absolutely no obligation). So, you could download the trial to fix up the form. For more information, see www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html. Acrobat is also offered on a subscription basis.
Sara
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