Programmatically fill PDF forms from Excel data [closed]

Question

I am seeking to implement PDF form filling in Windows. The data is in Excel 2010. I prefer to do this programmatically from Excel VBA. The target PDFs are IRS tax forms, which are PDF versions 1.6 and 1.7. What is an automated form filling method?

Answer 1

There is a company out there called Foxit Software that seems to have some pretty good PDF tools. I currently use their Reader instead of Adobe's and have found it be faster, less resource intensive and crash less. The do have some SDK options:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/sdk/

It seems like there should be a way to use ActiveX with Excel. The big unknown is that they do not list any SDK pricing on their website, but it might be worth the time to contact them and find out what they have to offer?