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Tadelsucht / BulkPDF

BulkPDF is a free and easy to use open source software, which allows to automatically fill an existing PDF form with differen values. Only a spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel 2007/2010/2013, LibreOffice or OpenOffice Calc) with the desired values is required.
http://bulkpdf.de
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Allow automatic Pre-defined excel sheet input for PDF/XFA files #15

Closed ghost closed 4 years ago

ghost commented 4 years ago

I love this program and am relatively new to coding!

The program currently requires the user to select the columns associated with the fields on the PDF/XFA forms.

If the excel spreadsheet provided has the form Field Names pre-populated in the column header, it would be a great opportunity to skip the user input and automatically assign the columns to their respective input field.

Tadelsucht commented 4 years ago

I don't think so, because the forms the user populate are mostly wired by naming the input field ("Input_Text_1" etc.). For the most users the first configuration for a new pdf forumlar is a real guessing game. Same for checkboxes: https://github.com/Tadelsucht/BulkPDF/issues/4

If you like you can add this feature.