FDF Support

FDF files contain data associated with a PDF file. When a PDF contains form field objects, the content (or value) of these objects can be stored in a separate file for transmission to remote server for example.

Since the Version 3.0 of the PDFCreator and the PDF Converter, they support the import of data from FDF files through the Merge method. First the PDF is opened using one of the Open methods of CDINTF, PDFCreativeX or the .NET library. Then the Merge method is called on the FDF file to merge the data into the main pdf.

Example

Visual Basic .Net
C#
C++
VBScript

<Flags()>

Public Enum MERGEOPTIONS As Integer

No_Repeat = 0

Repeat = 1

Above = 2

Layered = 4

End Enum

Public Sub Sample()

' Constants for Activation codes

Const strLicenseTo As String = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation"

Const strActivationCode As String = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC"

' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object

Dim pdf As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX = New ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX()

' Set license key

pdf.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode)

' Open an existent PDF file

Dim fileName As String = "c:\temp\PDFDocument.pdf"

Dim password As String = ""

pdf.Open(fileName, password)

' Insert the DATA from FDF file

Dim fileNameToMerge As String = "c:\temp\data.fdf"

Dim passwordToMerge As String = ""

pdf.Merge(fileNameToMerge, passwordToMerge, MERGEOPTIONS.No_Repeat)

' Save PDF

pdf.Save("c:\temp\Merged.pdf", ACPDFCREACTIVEX.FileSaveOptionConstants.acFileSaveView)

End Sub

[Flags]
public enum MERGEOPTIONS
{
    No_Repeat = 0,
    Repeat = 1,
    Above = 2,
    Layered = 4
}
 
public void Sample()
{
    // Constants for Activation codes
    const string strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation";
    const string strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC";
 
    // Initializing PDFCreativeX Object
    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX pdf = new ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX();
 
    // Set license key
    pdf.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);
 
    // Open an existent PDF file
    string fileName = @"c:\temp\PDFDocument.pdf";
    string password = "";
    pdf.Open(fileName, password);
 
    // Insert the DATA from FDF file
    string fileNameToMerge = @"c:\temp\data.fdf";
    string passwordToMerge = "";
    pdf.Merge(fileNameToMerge, passwordToMerge, (int)MERGEOPTIONS.No_Repeat);
 
    // Save PDF
    pdf.Save(@"c:\temp\Merged.pdf", ACPDFCREACTIVEX.FileSaveOptionConstants.acFileSaveView);
}

#include <iostream>
#import "c:\users\amyuni\pdfcreactivex.dll" no_namespace
 
using namespace std;
 
enum MERGEOPTIONS
{
    No_Repeat = 0,
    Repeat = 1,
    Above = 2,
    Layered = 4
};
 
int main()
{
    // Constants for Activation codes
    bstr_t strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation";
    bstr_t strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC";
 
    // Initialize the COM subsystem
    CoInitialize(0);
 
    // IPDFCreactiveXPtr is a smart pointer type defined in pdfcreactivex.tlh,
    // the type library header file generated by the #import instruction above
    IPDFCreactiveXPtr pdf;
 
    // Create the PDFCreactiveX instance
    pdf.CreateInstance(__uuidof(PDFCreactiveX));
 
    // set license key
    pdf->SetLicenseKey(_bstr_t(strLicenseTo), _bstr_t(strActivationCode));
 
    // Open an existent PDF file
    _bstr_t fileName = "c:\\temp\\PDFDocument.pdf";
    _bstr_t password = "";
    pdf->Open(fileName, password);
 
    // Insert the DATA from FDF file
    _bstr_t fileNameToMerge = "c:\\temp\\data.fdf";
    _bstr_t passwordToMerge = "";
    pdf->Merge(fileNameToMerge, passwordToMerge, MERGEOPTIONS::No_Repeat);
 
    // Save PDF
    pdf->Save("c:\\temp\\Merged.pdf", acFileSaveView);
 
    return 0;
}

' Merge Options

Const No_Repeat = 0

Const Repeat = 1

Const Above = 2

Const Layered = 4

' FileSave Constants

Const acFileSaveAll = 0

Const acFileSaveDefault = -1

Const acFileSaveView = 1

Const acFileSaveDesign = 2

Const acFileSavePDFA_7 = 3

Const acFileSavePDFA = 4

Const acFileSavePDF14 = 5

' Constants for Activation codes

Const strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation"

Const strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC"

' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object

Dim pdf

Set pdf = CreateObject("PDFCreactiveX.PDFCreactiveX")

' Set license key

pdf.SetLicenseKey strLicenseTo, strActivationCode

' Open an existent PDF file

Dim fileName

fileName = "c:\temp\PDFDocument.pdf"

Dim password

password = ""

pdf.Open fileName, password

' Insert the DATA from FDF file

Dim fileNameToMerge

fileNameToMerge = "c:\temp\data.fdf"

Dim passwordToMerge

passwordToMerge = ""

pdf.Merge fileNameToMerge, passwordToMerge, No_Repeat

' Save PDF

pdf.Save "c:\temp\Merged.pdf", acFileSaveView

' destroy pdf object

Set pdf = Nothing

Forms Data Format (FDF) Support

Example