Populate PDF with Access 2016 and Acrobat Reader (1 Viewer)

ItsJeremy

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Good day,

What I have:
Microsoft Access 2016 (from Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016)
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (Version 2018.011.20055)
all running on a Windows 7 Enterprise machine in a business environment, meaning I do NOT have the ability to install any add-ins or other software.

What I want to do:
Take the values in an Access Table or Query, and populate these fields into an existing PDF fill-in form. The PDF fill-in form was created on a separate computer.

My problem:
All the code examples I have found seem to require the full version of Adobe Acrobat, not just the reader version. Additionally, examples I’ve found required SDK from Adobe to be downloaded. I do not have the ability to do this.

What are my options to transfer values from a Microsoft Access Table or Query, and place those values into a PDF fill-in form.

I’ve been playing around with VBA’s SendKeys, but am not having much luck getting this to work.
Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
 

theDBguy

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Hi,

Have you tried the PDF demo from my website?

Be sure to download the non-API version.
 

ItsJeremy

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I think I can make this work.

But, how do I select a checkbox in XFDF?

Thanks
 

theDBguy

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Hi,

It depends on what the PDF form is expecting. You could try any of the following: Yes, True, 1, or -1.
 

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