Adobe PDF files printed with VB

[jeepxo]

Here's my situation.
I have an existing VB app. The powers to be have decided that all external forms must be done on PDF's that they have provided to us.

If I add the PDF reference to the project it looks like I can load the PDF in and print it, but I don't see a way that I can enter data into the text boxes in the pdf.

Any thoughts?

 

[IFELSETHEN]

Hi, this is a true statement. Can be done but not with VB. There are third party sources that can do it. You might want to change to HTML on this one.
John

 

[vb5prgrmr]

You can add the PDF.OCX to your project (look for it where adobe is installed). This will allow you to open up the PDF and display/print it (limited functionality). You can also go to adobe.com and download the SDK which has some VB examples within and you may find your answer there.

Good Luck

 

[jeepxo]

HTML isn't an option on this John, if it was it would be trivial. This is a standalone application that is used by some people in our organization. All hard copy forms have to be submitted in a specific PDF format now.
I think I have found it on Adobe's site by using FDFs. Once I play with it a bit I will let you know