<!-- Copyright (c) 2020 ActivePDF, Inc. -->
<!-- ActivePDF Toolkit 2018 -->
<!-- Example generated 09/18/20 -->
<!-- Example uses the .NET DLL which requires -->
<!-- Coldfusion 8 or above -->
<CFSCRIPT>
// Get current path
strPath = ExpandPath(".") & "\";
// Instantiate Object
oTK = CreateObject(".NET", "APToolkitNET.Toolkit", "C:\Program Files\activePDF\Toolkit\DotNetComponent\2.0\APToolkitNET.dll");
// This example will take one PDF form and fill it out twice
// resulting in a 2 page PDF containing two filled forms
// The new PDF will have renamed fields so they do not conflict
// Unused fields will be flattened (removed)
// Create the new PDF file
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile(strPath & "new.pdf");
if(intOpenOutputFile != 0) {
Error("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile);
}
// Open the template PDF
intOpenInputFile = oTK.OpenInputFile(strPath & "form.pdf");
if(intOpenInputFile != 0) {
Error("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile);
}
// Set how you want form field data formatting to be handled
// By default the field will remain the same (1)
// You can have the field formatting be ignored (0)
oTK.Set_DoFormFormatting(1);
// As we will be using the same PDF form for multiple pages we do not want
// the field names to conflict as different data will be in same named fields
// Using FormNumbering will rename the fields so they do not conflict
// field 'name' would become 'name__1', 'name__2', etc
// 0 = False, 1 = True
oTK.Set_FormNumbering(1);
// Populate form fields for the first page with data
// Refer to the documentation for possible flag options
oTK.SetFormFieldData("name", "John Doe", 1);
oTK.SetFormFieldData("date", "03-27-1984", -997);
oTK.SetFormFieldData("amount", "4231.34", -997);
// Copy the first page (with field data) to the new pdf
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(0, 0);
if(intCopyForm != 1) {
Error("CopyForm", intCopyForm);
}
// Use ResetFormFields to clear the form data we previously used
oTK.ResetFormFields();
// Populate form fields for the second page with data
oTK.SetFormFieldData("name", "Jane Doe", 1);
oTK.SetFormFieldData("date", "07/13/1988", -997);
oTK.SetFormFieldData("amount", "1567.12", -997);
// Set whether to flatten all other fields not touched by SetFormFieldData
oTK.Set_FlattenRemainingFormFields(1);
// Copy the second page (with field data) to the new pdf
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(0, 0);
if(intCopyForm != 1) {
Error("CopyForm", intCopyForm);
}
// Close the new file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile();
// Release Object
oTK = 0;
// Process Complete
WriteOutput("Done!");
// Error Handling
Function Error(method, outputCode) {
WriteOutput("Error in " & method & ": " & outputCode);
}
</CFSCRIPT>
