PDF- paex page data to pdf form fields

Just want to find out if anybody can help me out with this -- without using BI Publisher:
I have several pdf letters that are pdf fillable. What needs to be done is from an APEX page:
1. user search for client id
2. find and selects the client id. Hidden fields for this would be the client's fullname, address, citystatezip, workername, workerphone, workerlocation, workersupervisor, workersupervisorphone, clientid.
3. select the letter category: CAT1, CAT2, CAT3, CAT4 . I have a letters_table in oracle and have a category field in there. Will create an LOV for this category as a radiobutton. User will select the letter category.
4. Based on the letter category selected, a list of letters will appear or posted in the page.
5. User will then select the letter or (letters) by checkbox from the report listing of letters.
6. Letters in PDF template format will print with the hidden fields printed on them.
Any idea how to do this? Already created a page for the user to search the client id. So steps 1 and 2 is done.
Need ideas and help with the rest....
Can you link the fields in a page into a PDF fillable form? The PDF forms reside in our intranet server.
I do not have BI Publisher and the deadline for me for this project is Friday April 24.... so appreciate ideas!
Thanks! ?:|

There was/is a sample application for html-db 1.5/6 that was called mailmerge.. It allowed you to do a mailmerge document in WOrdpad with Oracle data.. The rtf file would be stored in a table in your schema and you would run code against it to look for filler characters that would be replaced with your data..
It has limitations, you might want to go and download it and see what you think..
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=18326:44:338076716200094::::P44_ID:1682
Thank you,
Tony Miller
Webster, TX

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