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Auto Fill Webform through Word doc in Asp.net

hey i'm working on project in which I have webform which includes some editfields. I don't want to enter the data manually into that editfield. what I want is to extract data from a word document and fill that editfields. But the catch is, through which MS doc I fill the editfield?
Suppose We have a bunch of lectures uploaded on some page. so what should I do to retrieve the data from a particular document?
Is it necessary to open the MS-doc file first?
or I should download the file first?
If I goes with option 1 when should I have to use some library? what opens the file within browser, retrieve the data and the a pop-up message appears "the data has been retrieved now you can close the file". and next I can fill the form with that data.
or should I goes with the 2 Option when an individual hit the download button then the file will be stored into the local machine. how can I keep the track that which ms-file is downloaded or stored into the local machine?and is it necessary to open that file for retrieving the data again?
These are my point of views that how I can implement that module. So I need your suggestions? Is this the right way to achieve this goal or should I follow the other path? and which libraries are required to achieve this task or any tutorial similar to this problem ?
Thanks in Advance

I would suggest considering a third option: since the Word document files exist on the server, the cleanest place to pre-populate a form would be by extracting data from the document while it is on the server and filling in the form's fields before sending it down to the user in a codebehind. Trying to extract data on the client side from a recently-downloaded file via an application other than the browser seems ripe for kludgy-ness. Articles such as http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757 should help get you started in the right direction.

For extracting data from ms word document using free .net word component and fill data to webform,
extract data,
Document doc = new Document();
doc.LoadFromFile("YouDocOrDocx.Docx");
string content = doc.GetText();

.NET Windows Form Data to PDF

I have a C# .NET Windows Form with text fields. The user enters data into this form and once they submit I need to generate a PDF file with their data arranged neatly. What is the best way to do this? Should I move the data into a database or can I directly export to PDF?

There is no need to add it to a database if you don't want to persist the data for later use. There are tons of libraries out there for pdf creation in c#.
Here's a post made not long ago with some great references. It also covers almost the same topic.

you want to export directly to pdf. are you have any specific format, how it should Looks.
otherwise create a crystal report. Design a format.After that write this code
Crystalreportobject.ExportToDisk(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, name + ".pdf");
ExportToDiskMethod can Export directly to PDF

Add to MSSQL from PDF form

I have a PDF form which is used for the purpose of creating inspection reports.
I am currently using a c# WinForms GUI to accept data from users, insert this data into an MSSQL DB, and populate said PDF Form. The latter is achieved using the iTextSharp library.
I have been receiving requests that the process be reversed, whereby, the users enter the data into the form, for a more visually appealing interface, then, through means of a PDF button or something similar, take the data from the form fields in the background, and save it to the DB.
So the flow would be:
Users populate PDF Form > Button clicked > Data saved to DB > PDF Form saved to local machine.
Can anybody recommend a way of acheiving this? If there is a way of making PDF Buttons invoke C# scripts, that would be ideal, as I could simply have the button save the form, and then invoke a script passing the form filepath as a parameter.
Thanks in advance.

My preference would be to use a web interface or, as HighCore mentioned, WPF.
Acrobat does allow for a database interface with PDF forms. Look here at Adobe's website. The other option is that PDFs support JavaScript so you could use that to post data to a web service.

Generate PDF based on a Word document for each data item

There're a data list with hundreds of data items (suppose each item is a customer), and a predefined word document as template, the requirement is - for each data item, fill corresponding data into template fields, and generate a readonly PDF file as result.
Prefered platform is ASP.NET with C#.
I found two solutions:
Change the word document into a PDF form, and use iTextSharp to fill the form fields. But create the PDF form with correct format (font, layout, etc.) is a difficult work, and it needs particular tool and new skill when system user wants to add new template (unless the PDF form is always created by developer).
Add text placeholder in the word file, and the program can read word file, replace text, and convert into PDF. But I'm not sure which components should be used.
I'd like to get some advices on this problem. tks.
Update 20130416:
After some searching & experiments, my conclusion is below:
Client solution: use Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (Office2007+plugin or Office2012) to read data, convert to pdf, etc. But this method running on server side may be unsafe.
Server solution:
Make PDF form, and use iTextSharp to fill the form fields. The disadvantage has been mentioned above.
Make HTML template, and replace field placeholders, and use iTextSharp+XMLWorker to convert HTML to PDF. The difficulty is create the HTML template manually and optimize the PDF effect.
MS SharePoint Office Automation Service is a server solution based on MS Office, perhaps this method will be easier, but it needs license and SharePoint server cost.
Finally, I chose the HTML template solution for this request. QED.

Another option would be to use Tx Text Control for ASP.NET. They have a
mailmerge feature that allows you to fill data into a word template.
The merged document can easily be saved as a pdf.

For the second option you can use iTextsharp or Aspose which supports the placeholder replacement and generation PDF, it supports creating files based on templates of MSWord and Openoffice which could be usefull for user who do not want to buy MSWord only to create a template.

Another option, you can use nustache templates, fill them with list data and then use xmlworker from ItextSharp to render to pdf.

iTextSharp or XSL-FO to create a PDF dynamically with fillable forms?

This is my first stackoverflow question.
After days of research, I am still lost on how this can be done, if its even possible.
I am trying to create a PDF document using either iTextSharp or XSL-FO (FO.NET is what I am using currently). Creating the documnet is no problem. I need this documnet to have fields that the user can still fill in.
I am aware of the ability to create a PDF form using acrobat, then using iTextSharp to fill in those fields. This can then be saved and the user can open the document and edit it.
The problem with this is, anytime the PDF "template" needs to be changed, someone has to edit the PDF document, then change the backend logic to handle the new field.
I am looking for a 100% dynamic solution.
Ideally I would use XSL and FO to create this document without the need for an exisiting PDF document. I have found no way to create a fillable form using FO.NET, or even iTextSharp, without already having an exisiting PDF "template".
Thanks in advance.

I believe both the RenderX XEP and Antenna House FO processors support PDF Forms. They aren't free and additional output modules may be required for PDF Forms.