Well a feature complete article on filling a PDF from HTML input should include the entire example including an example of how to fill out the PDF document. (Part 2 ?)
If you're calling a black box utility why don't you share the code so others who don't know how to do this can take advantage of it in their own code.
If I had a need for this functionality I would be saying to myself: "WTF the author left me hanging with this example. I can already do nice looking RPG to synthesize CGI fields. I want PDF"
If I recall you were using some html2pdf / flying saucer project wrapper code posted by Aaron Bartell a few years back unless I'm mistaken. An example for readers on how to use this would help them immensely.
It doesn't look like the link he posted previously is still available.
I guess if your intent was general concept that's fine, but show us the money !!
If not maybe you can get Aaron to re-post it.
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date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:09:21 -0700
from: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Web Forms to PDF (was AFP-To-PDF)
Nice start, but if you're going to provide an example provide a
code-complete example with the PDF generation logic as well so someone
without experience can adapt your example.
I'm invoking a black-box utility to transform HTML to PDF which is based on iText. But I've never really examined the code, myself. I just implemented HL wrappers around a couple of branded solutions.
Otherwise it's not very useful when you just show a little RPG logic
to process the fields and then call your black box.
What's the problem with just calling a black-box utility? Frankly, I'd rather not take the time to immerse myself in the code behind it. Why not just use it like a %bif().
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