application/vnd.fdf and pdftk

October 06, 2008 at 08:40 PM | categories: tips | View Comments

So, if a webserver ever serves you a fdf file, you can view the resulting form with evince or your favorite pdf viewer. Just check the beginning of the fdf file to see which form the fields should be applied to and then run

pdftk form.pdf fill_form my.fdf output filledform.pdf