pdf-lib – allows creating fillable PDFs directly in the browser. 3. Data Model (Sample fields from DA 5960) const da5960Data = name: "", ssn: "", rank: "", payGrade: "", effectiveDate: "", bahType: "withDependents", // or without basEligible: true, dependentNames: [], remarks: "" ; 4. Implementation Outline (Client-side with pdf-lib) Step 1 – HTML Form Create form inputs matching DA 5960 sections. Step 2 – Generate Fillable PDF Function import PDFDocument, StandardFonts, rgb from 'pdf-lib'; async function generateFillableDA5960(formData) // Create a new PDF document const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.create(); const page = pdfDoc.addPage([612, 792]); // Letter size
// Text field example const nameField = form.createTextField('name'); nameField.setText(formData.name); nameField.addToPage(page, x: 150, y: 700, width: 200, height: 20 ); nameField.enableReadOnly(false); da 5960 fillable download
// Serialize PDF to bytes const pdfBytes = await pdfDoc.save(); return pdfBytes; pdf-lib – allows creating fillable PDFs directly in