Autopopulate fields from one PDF to another

Question

We have a massive legal PDF and are creating a smaller fillable form to send to customers to remove duplicate signings. Our legal PDF already has a script that's autopopulating duplicate fields.

On the customer form, Identical fields are being created to match the legal pdf for info transfer. We also created a "submit form" button, but have not given it a destination becuase we wanted to ask;

Is there a server type that's more convenient when it comes to scripting?

If not, what's the script to autopopulate the fields from one PDF to another PDF, how does this work?

try67 · Accepted Answer

The easiest way is to export the form data from one file, and import it into another, assuming the field names in both files are the same.

Doing that on a server is very different from doing it on a regular PC, though. The latter can be done with Acrobat, but the former can't be.

Thom Parker · Answer

There's a tool for that here:https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Copy-Form-Data-Between-PDFs-Description.cfmAnd there's more general info here on PDF data:https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Form-Data-Handling.cfm

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