如何在浏览器中显示PDF提交的表单数据

Question

I've generated a PDF using iText with form fields and a submit button that POSTS the data as FDF. I dedcided to use POST instead of GET because of the size of data that needs to be submitted. I would like the client to open this PDF in the standalone Acrobat Reader application. In the servlet, I can read in the streamed data. My problem now is, how would I display the streamed data on a webpage?

I searched SO and it looks like a similar question was asked here: Sending 'success' response back to Acrobat Reader from java servlet

Reading Bruno's answer, it looks like my only option is #2 but unsure of how I would stream the form's data to the server, and then back a webpage to display.

Thanks for the any help, input or suggestions!

Answer 1

Thanks to the comments, we were able to establish that you are asking two simple things.

1. You are trying to merge an FDF file with its original form. This is done using the FdfReader class in combination with "traditional" form filling: Write FDF to PDF using iTextsharp
2. You want to return the result to the end-user and have him open it in Adobe Reader: Read PDF file and offer it as download with iText

I realize that this answer doesn't conform with the rules on StackOverflow, as it is a "link-only" answer. My other options would have been: marking the question as duplicate (but then I'd only be able to pick one of the two answers that need to be combined), or adding my answer as a comment, but then it would look as if the question isn't answered.