VBA able to address named fields in a pdf?

Hello!

It seems to me that if one knows the name of a pdf document and if there are labeled fields within that document, somehow it should be possible to post data direct from Excel to the pdf named fields.

I see a number of means with "helper applications", but no direct solution other than cumbersome sending keystrokes, which then also requires that you have the pdf open AND have verified the sequencing of the fields.

I have considered making a pdf into something like a bmp and importing it as the picture background of a form, then posting fields where data is placed, but then one has to adapt the form to be able to print out a meaningful sheet/pdf from the form and given all of that, it would seem a lot simpler if fields in the pdf could be addressed directly, and should be somehow possible.

Am i wrong?

Thanks for your knowledge and thoughts!

-Bruce

In Acrobat Pro one can create a fillable form. To make it fillable, one places fields, and as in Excel, each of those fields can be named. It seems to me that there should be some sort of bridge that vba would be able to employ, certainly not as simple as "AddressForm.pdf:field:StreetAddress" = "123 Happy Street" because that would be wayyyyyy too easy and convenient for everyone, but somehow get to that-

Oh - greetings from 50 miles south of you-