>I use iTextsharp which is a free csharp port form java for discovering fieldnames on PDF forms and for filling the forms programmatically from data. Works beautifully and I have a lot of VB code you are welcome to that might save you some time.
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>discovering the fieldnames for a form is a single line of code. I haven't done it, but I believe there is something equally easy to read field contents.
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>But this is where to start :
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>http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/iTextSharpTutorial.aspx
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>If you search UT on iTextsharp you may find some links I put in previously to good samples etc., do not have that at hand right now, but you won't have any trouble finding docs.
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>I have an app that fills in hundreds of PDF forms from data. The nice part is you can throw all the data at every form and only the fields that match will get filled so you can have one data engine pointed at all your forms.

Thanks, I am going to take a look at it. For us, it is only reading fields from the PDF.