PDF Widget No Filled Forms

Bob Sneidar bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
Thu Sep 28 11:16:09 EDT 2023


Thanks Matthias I’ll look at that. 

Bob S


> On Sep 28, 2023, at 6:38 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> What i forgot to mention. For macOS 10.11 and above please use the following link
> https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 28.09.2023 um 13:09 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>> Bob,
>> 
>> as a workaround you could create a temporary pdf file that is then displayed in the pdf widget.
>> You'll need the free tool PDFTK server with its fill-form option for this.  PDFTK server runs on macOS, Windows and some Linux versions. 
>> PDFTK server is free  https://www.pdflabs.com
>> 
>> If you need it for iOS or Android you could use a web server to which you post the .fdf or xfdf data and the web server then runs pdftk server, creates the pdf and returns it back to the device.
>> 
>> Not as easy then just opening the .(x)fdf file, but at least a solution. ;)
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Matthias
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 27.09.2023 um 17:27 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi all. 
>>> 
>>> I have filled forms, and I am just now wanting to display those FILLED forms in a PDF widget. Only problem is, the form data is not being displayed. Is that the current state of affairs? If so, then boo! 
>>> 
>>> Bob S
>>> 
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