I have a pdf document from revenu canada(IRS). I need to create keys in the document so that I can fetch data from my database and use this data to fill in the form by mapping the keys to my data. Can anybody tell me how to do this with ac reader pro?
There are a few different ways that data can be imported into a PDF. Karl has outlined two methods. One using an external app and the other a local data file to load data into form fields, but there is a much simpler mechanism that will work with both Acrobat Reader and Pro, which is to use a form submit. A submit performs an HTTP operation and expects the return data to be in a known data format. The returned data is mapped into form fields on the PDF.
To do this you'll need a server side app to get data from the DB, put it in the correct format, and return is as the HTTP response data.
Here are some helpful links:
https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/submitting-data/
https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Form-Data-Handling.cfm
Here is the Acrobat JavaScript reference entry for the submit function:
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