I'm really confused. Is this intended as a programmer's tool? Or as an end user tool?
If I understand it, create an HTML form, submit to server, spit back PDF. This has been built into ColdFusion for about a decade, and it is trivial. [and I assume other server side software can do the same thing].
Aside from that, the bulk of the PDF Forms I download these days can already be filled out with Acrobat. I'm not sure what benefit you're offering me in time savings.
This is a tool for programmers who need to fill out a lot of PDFs automatically. For example, a freelancing service could use FormAPI to fill out W-9 forms for contractors.
Or if I built a service for end-users to fill out and sign PDFs, I would create a separate website and use FormAPI to generate the PDFs. (I don't think I will do this, though.)
You're right that if you just need to fill in a single form, then there are easier ways to do that. (Even just using the Preview app on Mac).
If I understand it, create an HTML form, submit to server, spit back PDF. This has been built into ColdFusion for about a decade, and it is trivial. [and I assume other server side software can do the same thing].
Aside from that, the bulk of the PDF Forms I download these days can already be filled out with Acrobat. I'm not sure what benefit you're offering me in time savings.