How to insert values into an existing PDF on the fly?

Question

Hi There is a PDF with some fields to accept values from the user(for example: a bio data form). My question is that how can I insert the user inputs to the Correct fields of the existing PDF and to generate the filled PDF? if i using iTextSharp then how can i choose the co ordinates to print values? tnx in adv.

Dyllan Noah · Answer

Hi Abdul When you talk about fields do you mean PDF form fields as shown in the following page? https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/editing-form-fields-pdf-document Can you provide us with a sample PDF file that shows the fields that you want to fill? Also are you creating a WinForms or web based application?

Manas Mohapatra · Answer

Please go through below links that will help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3992617/itextsharp-insert-text-to-an-existing-pdf http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23722427/adding-text-to-existing-multipage-pdf-document-in-memorystream-using-itextsharp http://www.schiffhauer.com/adding-text-to-a-pdf-in-c-with-itextsharp/

Abdul Basith · Answer

Hi Manas Thanks for replay but your answer is not sufficient for me because my PDF template have lots of fields to get values from user side. The main thing i want to know is that How could i determine locations (co-ordinates) for each fields. Its complicated to define the locations like the given example on the link // put the alignment and coordinates here cb . ShowTextAligned ( 1  text  520  640  0 ); Is there any design tools to design rectangle fields to accept values?