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I have a PDF document that has many form fields to be filled out. &nbsp;Currently users fill them out by hand, but I would like to make it possible for them to pre-fill the values based on a database search. &nbsp;In a nutshell, I want them to be able to search the database for a desired account record. &nbsp;Once they find the account record they are looking for and select it, I want the PDF to retrieve all of the data from the database and pre-populate the fields on the form with this data.<br />
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I am running Windows environment with SQL Server. <br />
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What is the easiest way to get this done? &nbsp;I already have a copy of Acrobat Standard 2009. Commercial or open source software is ok.
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I have a PDF document that has many form fields to be filled out.  Currently users fill them out by hand, but I would like to make it possible for them to pre-fill the values based on a database search.  In a nutshell, I want them to be able to search the database for a desired account record.  Once they find the account record they are looking for and select it, I want the PDF to retrieve all of the data from the database and pre-populate the fields on the form with this data.

I am running Windows environment with SQL Server. 

What is the easiest way to get this done?  I already have a copy of Acrobat Standard 2009. Commercial or open source software is ok.

How to pre-populate form fields in a PDF based on a database query

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