FDFMerge & FDFMerge Lite

Forms Processing Without the Complexity and ExpenseAdd Powerful Form and Data Integration to your PDF Forms

The  first commercial server application for filling PDF forms, FDFMerge has made it easy to programmatically populate, control and flatten PDF forms for quick delivery to end users, since 1998. End-users need only the free Adobe Reader® or a third party PDF viewer to view and download their completed forms.

FDFMerge is implemented in high demand applications, and is engineered to meet mission-critical on-demand and high-volume form-filling needs. The software can be used in many different ways to capture data from end-users, whether you are implementing a Banking or Financial Services forms process or a Government-to-Citizen (G2C) forms process. FDFMerge can be easily integrated into an existing or new forms portal.

For basic merging of form data, consider FDFMerge Lite (see the Compare tab). Combine flattened PDF forms with AppendPDF or AppendPDF Pro.

 

  • Fill PDF forms with data from plain-text Forms Data Format (FDF) files or XML Forms Data Format (XFDF) files
  • Place PDF, JPEG or TIFF graphics into fields
  • Remove active form fields, embedding field content directly into the document ( Form Flattening )
  • Flatten selected fields or the entire form ( Partial Form Flattening )
  • Dynamically change form field border width, color and background color
  • Dynamically Format text fields, including font, point size, alignment, color, and more
  • Use advanced typography – manage character and word spacing and line leading
  • Support for both RGB and CMYK color
  • Run commands using Command Collections for even greater performance!
  • Process multiple forms using one FDF or XFDF file
  • Apply 40-bit or 128-bit file encryption with user password to control who may view, print, or modify a document
  • Linearize output PDFs for faster access and viewing when downloaded from the Web or a network (Fast Web View)
  • Incremental or Full save to optimize speed, memory usage, and output file size
  • Optimize to reduce file size

ISO 32000 compliance. Set the output file version for ISO 32000 compliance (Adobe PDF version 1.7).

  • No limit on concurrent users or connections
  • No limit on the number of documents processed
  • No limit on threads – run as many instances as you want
  • Call from any programming or scripting language including (but not limited to) Perl, PHP, Java, C++, ASP & .Net, Visual Basic, Cold Fusion and Lotus Notes
  • May be integrated with other Appligent Document Solutions server products as part of a complete PDF workflow solution
  • Supports PDF 1.0 and higher

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server Platforms for 32 or 64 bit

Linux (RedHat, SUSE, Ubuntu, etc.)
Kernel 2.6 and higher on  64 bit

Oracle (Sun) Solaris
10 and above on SPARC

 

On the Web, use FDFMerge with a CGI script to dynamically create forms based on data users submit from their browsers. In an electronic document workflow, FDFMerge can be scripted for multistage processing and used with our other products as part of a complete PDF workflow solution.

The following examples show only the critical elements needed to set up the command line call, invoke the application and capture the returned code.  Contact us if you need assistance in developing PHP or Perl scripts for our applications

The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a powerful programming technique useful in any server environment. All Appligent Document Solutions server-based applications include a CLI and can easily be placed in any workflow, using any programming language or scripting environment. In addition, most of the Appligent applications also support Watched Folders and/or Watched Directories for easily fitting into just about any workflow.

Please see the documentation for the specific product to learn about all of the product features at docs.appligent.com

NOTE: We use FDFMerge to demonstrate the correct syntax below, but the name of any of our server-based applications may be substituted.

Download complete PHP example.

#Built the Executable statement $FDFMergeAppl = "$FdfMerge ";
  $FdfMergeParms = "-s -p -l $LogFile -o $OutPdfFile $InPdfFile $InFdfFile";
  $FdfMergeCmd = $FDFMergeAppl . $FdfMergeParms;

#Execute the FDFMerge command line and get the return code.
  $Return = system($FdfMergeCmd);

Download complete ASP example.

'Built the Executable statement
sFdfMergeAppl = sFdfMerge
sFdfMergeParms = " -s -p -l " & sLogFile & " -o " & sOutPDFFile
sFdfMergeParms = sFdfMergeParms & " " &InPdfFile & " " & sInFdfFile
sFdfMergeCmd = sFdfMergeAppl & " " & sFdfMergeParms

'Create the Shell object to run the FDFMerge command line.
 Set wShell = Server.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'Execute the FDFMerge command line and get the return code.
 iReturn = wShell.Run( sFdfMergeCmd, 10, True )
 Set wShell = Nothing

Download complete Pearl example.

#Built the Executable statement
  $FDFMergeAppl = "$FdfMerge ";
  $FdfMergeParms = "-s -p -l $LogFile -o $OutPdfFile $InPdfFile $InFdfFile';
  $FdfMergeCmd = $FDFMergeAppl . $FdfMergeParms;

#Execuate the FDFMerge command line and get the return code.
  $Return = '$FdfMergeCmd';

Download complete Java example or alternate example.

// Built the Executable Statement
sFdfMergeAppl = sFdfMerge;
sFdfMergeParms = " -s -p -l " + sLogFile + " -o " + sOutPDFFile;
sFdfMergeParms = sFdfMergeParms + " " + InPdfFile + " " + sInFdfFile;

// Add "cmd /c" if you are running on Windows (Leave out if running on Unix)
sFdfMergeCmd = "cmd /c " + sFdfMergeAppl + " " + sFdfMergeParms;

// Create the process to run the FDFMerge command line.
Process cmdlProcess;

// Execute the FDFMerge command line and get the return code.
cmdlProcess = Runtime.getRuntime( ).exe ( sFdfMergeCmd  );
cmdlProcess.waitFor ( );
iReturn = cmdlProcess.exitValue( );

Download complete Visual Basic example.

'Built the Executable statement
 sFdfMergeAppl = sFdfMerge
 sFdfMergeParms = " -s -p -l " & sLogFile & "-o " & sOutPDFFile
 sFdfMergeParms = sFdfMergeParms & " " &InPdfFile & " " & sInFdfFile
 sFdfMergeCmd = sFdfMergeAppl & " " & sFdfMergeParms

'Execute the FDFMerge command line and get the return code.
 iReturn = Shell(sFdfMergeCmd)

  • The User Guide provides complete product documentation.
  • Free sample scripts for calling FDFMerge (in ASP, PERL, PHP, Java, & Visual Basic)
  • Free Java Command Line FDF Generator Source Code (.tar.gz, 7k)

Features Comparison Table

Comparing FDFMerge and FDFMerge Lite

FDFMerge FDFMerge Lite
Fill data into single or multi-page Acrobat PDF forms (AcroForms) Yes Yes
Process multiple forms using only one field data file (FDF or XFDF)  Yes Yes
Flatten all field in the form directly into the document page content  Yes Yes
Selectively flatten individual form fields directly into the document page content (Partial Form Flattening) Yes No
Save as Fast Web view (Linearize)  Yes Yes
Encrypt and Set Permissions of output PDF  Yes Yes
Support for Unicode to place Chinese, Japanese or Korean (CJK) data in form fields  Yes Yes
Supports Extensible Markup Language (XML) to specify form field data Yes Yes
Supports FormInfo file for Dynamic Global or Individual field customization Yes No
Dynamic customization of all form fields or individual form fields
Yes No
Dynamically Specify individual field Font Name and Font Size for text fields
Yes No
Dynamically Specify individual field Font Color using Grayscale, RGB or CMYK Colors Yes No
Dynamically Specify individual field Character Spacing, Word Spacing and Line Spacing  Yes No
Dynamically Specify individual field Justification and Crop  Yes No
Dynamically Specify individual field Border and Background Visibility Yes No
Dynamically Specify individual field Border and Background Color using Grayscale, RGB or CMYK Colors  Yes No
Stamp PDF Pages from Multi-Page PDF files onto any form fields  Yes No
Stamp JPEG or TIF images onto any form fields  Yes No

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How to Buy

FDFMerge

FDFMerge starts at $1,995.00 (USD) for a single server with up to 4 cores.  Contact us for more information.

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How to Buy

FDFMerge Lite

FDFMerge Lite starts at $995.00 (USD) for a single server with up to 4 cores.  Contact us for more information.

Download from the Appligent Web Store