Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by pheasantquiff on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:53AM (#32497226)

Hate PDF Forms? Check out my No Code solution!

Create a form using text markup. Get an URL pointing to the form and mail it to your customers.

I recently received a PDF form (created by M$ Word). I use Linux and managed to open it with Libreoffice (Draw!). The text entry boxes were misaligned or just missing. Digits each had a separate text field. Tiresome... By the time I had re-exported it to PDF with the fields filled, some of the formatting had been changed/lost.

So I made this.

I'd rather fill out forms in my browser. Browsers can print PDF. What could go wrong?

Tell me in the comments below.

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Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by julius on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @11:54AM (#32498001)

> or view the form here https://sayitwith.ink/form/d59de7609590d1da1cd24fb5ddd6a775

bad form id

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Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by pheasantquiff on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:37PM (#32498563)

Thanks. I did a re-release and deleted the database of forms. Link is now updated.

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Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by turtlebits on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:22PM (#32499875)

I like PDF forms, they're just hard to create.

You don't need a specialized app like Libreoffice to open and fill out a PDF form, just use any modern browser.

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Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by pheasantquiff on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:33PM (#32499997)

Editing in PDF sounds like a good idea.

I just tried it in Firefox (latest/postmodern, Linux) and none (not a single one) of the form's fields are editable. It's an even worse experience than Libreoffice.

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Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by phonon on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:36PM (#32500749)

Pdf.js (which Firefox uses) does support filling out Acrobat Forms (acroforms as well as XFA). Possibly the PDF you have is corrupted?

You can read more about PDF.js support for forms here.[0]

Libreoffice also supports creating Acrobat Forms.[1]

[0] https://blog.mozilla.org/attack-and-defense/2021/10/14/imple...

[1] https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/02/how-to-create-fillable...

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Re:Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution by focusedone on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @11:43AM (#32497837)

Really cool! Nice work solving a problem and putting it out there for people to see!

Will the code be out somewhere so others can contribute to it?

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