How to populate a PDF form such as a w-2 from data inside of the the database?

Question

i have a w-2 form and other pdf documents and using adobe acrobat pro i have created fields with field names using the adobe application. how do i populate those fields? i have done this a few years ago where the php would generate the fdf file then load the pdf file and populate it but i completly forgot how i did it. any help would be great. thanks

Answer 1

The following links might help you get started. You only need to supply the data from a database rather than HTML forms:

• Forms Data Format
• Using HTML forms to fill in PDF fields with PHP and FDF

Answer 2

Does anyone know of a similar approach using ASP.net?

Answer 3

Google found me this:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/FillFormFieldsOfPDFs.aspx

PDF (W-4) filled in with above tool

Does it fit your needs? (C#)