Re: PDF Labs - PDFtk does not appear to recognize fill_form operation

Hi Gary,

I already did -- see the end of my email. What I did find though is that there was a pdftk.exe in c:\windows\system32; not sure how it got there.

I got rid of that old version, and now it runs the 2.02 version, but still doesn't recognize the fill_form operation; it looks exactly the same.

I contacted Sid Steward, author of pdftk.exe, and he put me on to the version in the system folder, and suggested using the option drop_xfa, and said there's a way to save a PDF edited in Adobe Live Cycle Designer so that it will accept FDF data. He didn't say if that's why it doesn't recognize the fill_form operation; I'm still waiting for his reply on that question and the additional question of how to save a PDF from Live Cycle so it will accept FDF data.

When I have some time, I'll also try created XFDF and XDP files to merge with the PDF.

Thanks for your interest! And if you have any other ideas, please let me know - this is one of those really frustrating roadblocks.

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On 10/9/2013 7:54 AM, Gary Kuznitz wrote:

I downloaded the software, installed it. I ran
pdftk --version

It shows me:
pdftk 2.02 a Handy Tool for Manipulating PDF Documents
Copyright (c) 2003-13 Steward and Lee, LLC - Please Visit: www.pdftk.com
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty, not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

Try checking what you have installed.

Gary

On 9 Oct 2013 at 0:07, Peter (Peter Dow <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>) commented about
[PCTECH] PDF Labs - PDFtk does not appear to reco:

I'm trying to fill a PDF form from an FDF file with the following
command line on a Windows 2003 Server SP2:

pdftk TCFv1u.pdf fill_form TCFv1.2515.fdf output test.pdf verbose

and I get

Command Line Data is valid.

Input PDF Filenames & Passwords in Order
( <filename>[, <password>] )
TCFv1u.pdf

The operation to be performed:
filter - Apply 'filters' to a single, input PDF based on output args.
(When the operation is omitted, this is the default.)

The output file will be named:
outpdf

Output PDF encryption settings:
Output PDF will not be encrypted.

No compression or uncompression being performed on output.

Creating Output ...

Notice that the operation is filter, not fill_form. The resulting PDF
does not have any of the FDF data in it.

Another interesting note is that I downloaded the latest version:

pdftk_free-2.02-win-setup.exe

which would seem to indicate the latest version is 2.02, but it
self-reports as

pdftk.exe --version

pdftk 1.44 a Handy Tool for Manipulating PDF Documents
Copyright (C) 2003-10, Sid Steward - Please Visit: www.pdftk.com
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty, not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

Am I doing something wrong?

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*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
petercdow@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/

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