PDF form fields not populating with Type Into activity - any alternative?

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I’m trying to automate filling out PDF forms, but Type Into activity doesn’t work on the input fields even with correct selectors. Click activity works to focus on fields, but no text gets entered. The PDF is not scanned, it has actual form fields. Has anyone successfully automated PDF form filling, and what activities or methods worked?

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Hey @ankit.mehta ,

Many PDF viewers don’t expose form fields as standard UI elements, so Type Into often doesn’t work even if the PDF is fillable. The reliable solution is to avoid UI automation and use PDF activities like Write PDF Form Fields (or Read/Write PDF Form Fields). These work directly on the PDF structure and are stable. UI-based typing into PDFs is not recommended and is inconsistent across viewers.

Try this and let me know if this works.

Thanks & Happy Automation

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@ankit.mehta

instead of ui try with itext7..here is a example to get fields similarly you can set as well

cheers

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