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Hi,

some years ago I´ve implemented an classic ASP form which fills in data from
a database into a PD-form. I used the free FDF Toolkit which worked very
well. After submitting the PDF the asp-form reads the data of the datafields
and write them into the database again.

Now I want to implement an improved ASP.NET version with VB.NET and I found
iText.net.
- FDF seems to be completly outdated?

With iText I found out that using the PDFstamper seems to manipluate PDF
templates. But it seems I loose any interactivity when using iText - alle my
textfields are rendered as rectangles and are no longer editable.

So, my question is:
What would be a proper way to re-implement the same functionalitili ty as my
old ASP and FDF way did?

Shall I still use FDF (COM)? Is there a workaorund using iText.net with
interactive forms?
Are there any other free tools for using online PDF forms with ASP.NET?

Thanks for ideas,
Toni
Aug 9 '08 #1
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What would be a proper way to re-implement the same functionalitili ty as
my old ASP and FDF way did?
http://www.aspose.com/categories/fil...a/default.aspx
Shall I still use FDF (COM)?
Unless there is really no alternative, using COM in a .NET solution should
always be considered the wrong solution...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Aug 9 '08 #2
Hi Mark,

thanks for your tipp. The toolbox looks great - but also the price. ;-)

I know the FDF toolkit is not best way - therefore I´m looking for a new
alternative for .net.
It seems there doesn´t exist a free kit for .net, only "big" products with
lot of functionality and big price.
But I´ll take a look into the aspose-toolkit.

If anybody has other workarounds for filling in and reading form data in PDF
in .NET pls. post.

Thanks,
Toni
"Mark Rae [MVP]" <ma**@markNOSPA Mrae.netschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Toni Pohl" <at************ *@hotmail.nomai l.comwrote in message
news:EB******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
>What would be a proper way to re-implement the same functionalitili ty as
my old ASP and FDF way did?

http://www.aspose.com/categories/fil...a/default.aspx
>Shall I still use FDF (COM)?

Unless there is really no alternative, using COM in a .NET solution should
always be considered the wrong solution...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
Aug 10 '08 #3

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