# iText, Rails, and OS X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/itext-rails-and-os-x/120923>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 21, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/itext-rails-and-os-x/120923 "2007-11-21T20:26:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/itext-rails-and-os-x/120923/1 "2007-11-21T20:26:14Z")

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I have the need to take existing PDFs and populate them with data  
entered via HTML forms. Data saved to database, entered in to PDF  
file, PDF file with data archived, and then distributed va email and/  
or download.

The languuage I previous did all my web work in, Lasso, had this  
stuff built in, but it appears not to be so with Ruby or Rails.

The latest info I can find on this is a year old now, and involves a  
lot of DIY Java and RJB – not particularly interested in having to  
go that route.

Has someone made the integration of iText and Ruby on OS X something  
of a click & go process yet?

– gw (www.railsdev.ws)

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**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/itext-rails-and-os-x/120923/2 "2007-11-26T09:12:48Z")

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Greg

load the plugin pdf-stamper from ruby forge  
install rjb and itext  
rest is easy

I am trying to solve to capture the data from inline pdf via acrojs  
script;  
I get the parameter string back to the controller action, but the  
action does not recognize it.  
Once I solved that, it will be a complete solution.