# Best way to do this?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-do-this/114835>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-do-this/114835 "2007-09-17T23:13:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-do-this/114835/1 "2007-09-17T23:13:00Z")

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I am a newbie. I have a couple of pdf forms that are posted every 3  
months with some changes. I want to fill in the text boxes on those  
pdf forms by using a rails application. So this is what I was  
thinking. I create a table for the pdf forms. And I create a table for  
all the fields that need to be filled out on the form. As part of  
those fields I create positioning coordinates for each field to lay  
all the text boxes into their appropriate location ontop of the pdf  
document. Then merge the two.  
Would this be a way to do this or is there a better way?