Zend Framework: Zend_Pdf_Form Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_Pdf_Form is a simple component that builds interactive forms into PDF documents.

2. References

• Adobe PDF Specification

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

Most requirements take the form of "foo will do ...." or "foo will not support ...", although different words and sentence structure might be used. Adding functionality to your proposal is requirements creep (bad), unless listed below. Discuss major changes with your team first, and then open a "feature improvement" issue against this component.

• This component will allow embedding an interactive form into a PDF document.
• This component will support the three form actions (submit-form, reset-form, import-data).
• This component will implement the missing Zend_Pdf_Action_JavaScript.

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• Zend_Pdf

5. Theory of Operation

The component is instantiated with a mind-link that ...

6. Milestones / Tasks

7. Class Index

• Zend_Pdf
• Zend_Pdf_Form
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field (abstract)
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Button (abstract)
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Button_Push
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Button_Checkbox
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Button_Radio
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Text
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Choice
• Zend_Pdf_Form_Field_Signature

8. Use Cases

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9. Class Skeletons