I have several adobe fill-in forms that I use in my practice, often with info that comes from another program. Using Win32::GUITest::SendKeys, I have scripts that fill in the data for me. It doesn't take very long to set up, just tab through a document and write descriptive names. Other scripts export the data to a .pl file that is just a bunch of Scalar assignments.

ie: $DueDate = 'January 31, 2002;
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Code looks like this, (CA Sales Tax Form):

use win32::GuiTest;

$MyPhone = "xxx-xxx-xxxx";

do "STData.dat";

if ( $Client eq " TEST " ) # fill in company specific data
{
    do "TEST.dat";
}

system("start \"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
+\" Current_Sales_Tax");
sleep 10;


Tab();
Send("$DueDate");
Tab();
Send("$Period");
Tab();
Send("$Year");
Tab();
Send("$PermitNum");
Tab();
Send("$Name");
Tab();
Send("$Street");
Tab();
Send("$City");
Tab();
Send("$State");
Tab();
Send("$Zip");
Tab();
Send("$GrossSales");
Tab(2);
Send("$GrossSales");
Tab();
Send("$Resale");
Tab();
Send("$Food");
Tab();
Send("$Labor");
Tab();
Send("$SalesToGov");
Tab(10);
Send("$TotalNonTaxable");
Tab();
Send("$SubjectToST");
Tab(2);
Send("$StateTax");
Tab();
Send("$SubjectToST");
Tab();
Send("$CountyTax");
Tab(2);
Send("$SubjectToST");
Tab();
Send("$LocalTax");
Tab();
Send("$DistrictTax");
Tab();
Send("$TotalST");
Tab(2);
Send("$TotalST");
Tab();
Send("$PmtOne");
Tab();
Send("$PmtTwo");
Tab();
Send("$TotalPmt");
Tab();
Send("$RemaningTax");
Tab(3);
Send("$RemaningTax");
Tab(2);
Send("$CoPhone");
Tab(3);
Send("$MyPhone");
Tab(3);
Send("$SubjectToST");
Tab(2);
Send("$SubjectToST");
Tab();
Send("$PermitNum");
Tab();
Send("$Period $Year");



#------------------------- Subroutines -------------------------

sub Send
{
  Win32::GuiTest::SendKeys("$_[0]");
}

sub Tab
{
    #USAGE: Tab() or Tab(3) or any other number
    if ($_[0]) {
      Win32::GuiTest::SendKeys("{TAB $_[0]}");
    } else {
      Win32::GuiTest::SendKeys("{TAB}");
    }
}
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Any suggestions?

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