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

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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


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