PDF Fields

Is it possible to edit text fields in pdf files and make modifications to them in VB? :huh:

Is it possible to edit text fields in pdf files and make modifications to them in VB? :huh:Doing a quick search on Google found this site (I'm sure there are many more out there):

http://www.pdflib.com/

But thats a service; i was thinking through code or something, that i could change fields.....without having to purchase other products or services....

Thank you

You certainly can't do it easily. You can look at the PDF spec on www.wotsit.org (http://www.wotsit.org). Be sure to check the license restrictions on Adobe's site too.

I did look at the spec, however it doesn't tell me the functions i can use to access text fields?
is this even possible?

tried messing around....would this work?

Dim acro As Acrobat.CAcroPDDoc
Dim textf As Acrobat.CAcroPDTextSelect
acro.Open ("C:\fake.pdf")
acro.CreateTextSelect 1, textf
Debug.Print textf.GetText; 0

I thought you were talking about doing it without a third-party control?

But thats a service; i was thinking through code or something, that i could change fields.....without having to purchase other products or services....

Thank youYou need to do decide which is more important - time or money. If you can spend a couple hundred bucks to buy a third party tool that would take you 400 hours to write, which seems more worthwhile?

dont you have to use the acrobat object to access the fields anyway? if that is a solution though..i was just messing around. i already have the full suite installed; have used the acrobat object to export before so i thought i could use that to edit text fields?

dont you have to use the acrobat object to access the fields anyway? if that is a solution though..i was just messing around. i already have the full suite installed; have used the acrobat object to export before so i thought i could use that to edit text fields?Technically, using the Acrobat object to manipulate the PDF IS using a 3rd party control. The PDF spec that lebb posted allows you to manipulate the PDF file directly. But, it is a rather large and complex specification (one I won't be tackling any time soon :) ).

so could anyone guide in the right direction to use the acrobat object then? i'm sure there must be a simpler way outta this even though the pdf indexes fields by coordinates....