Hi David: We were doing FDF form completion before we purchased ActivePDF few months ago. I can help you set-up any of these two solutions.
1. FDF + PDF forms This solution will require that you edit the printable form that you have and create the form fields that you wish populated (you will need the full version of Adobe Acrobat). After you create the form fields, you export the form fields to an FDF file. The next step is to use ColdFusion to manipulate the FDF file and insert the appropriate values into the fields. Next, you merge the FDF with the original PDF by calling the FDF file (which merges its data with the original PDF). 2. ActivePDF - we have the ToolKit This solution would require you to purchase the product - few hundred $$, if my memory serves me well (check at http://www.activepdf.com), install on your server as COM object and then use CFOBJECT to call it and do manipulations with the PDF. You will still need Adobe Acrobat to create form fields into the original PDF. You will then use the COM object commands to set the PDF fields to whatever you need and then save the PDF before you deliver it to the end user (either as file on server, email as an attachment, or as a link on the website). I hope this provides some general idea about these two options. Let me know if you need more help in setting any of these up. Dimo David Green wrote: > Hello List Thanks for all the help > > I am not a full time CF person, I play with it for a few projects I have. I'm >involved in a soccer league (Non Profit) and I want to set up online registrations. >Part of this process I have to fill out a predesigned PDF form that is created by the >governing soccer association. I have been poking around the web and am now confused >on what products I need. My take on how to do this is > > 1. Fill out HTLM/CF form on site > 2. Do all database work and Data verification and Money stuff on the CF server > 3. Export all the data base values that I saved and need on PDF form and import >them to a PDF file via attributes. > > Number 3 is where am kind of lost. I have PDF I down loaded from governing >association web site. It's not a form with fields. It is just for printing. > From what I read I need to edit or recreate this document to a PDF template with >fields. > > Is this correct? > What software do I get to do this? > Where do FDF files come in to play. > What are FDF files to PDF files? > > From reading it looks like once I have a PDF template I can update the field values >using <cfobject > and some product like activePDF tool kit. > I have downloaded their demo seems to work but I get errors about half the time >running their demo. Is this a product I should use for this. Is there anything >cheaper that will do this process? > > Is there a better way of doing this process. > > Thanks > David Green > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
