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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- FDF seems to be completly outdated?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 functionalitility 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

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]" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Toni Pohl" <> wrote in message
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>> What would be a proper way to re-implement the same functionalitility 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...
>
>
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> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net