I couldn't agree more. I have achieved a similar work flow using FDFs and ColdFusion without problems (except some people not having Acrobat Reader installed) at a rate of approximately 100 per hour.
I also have used Active PDF and believe it to be overpriced and overkill for the requirements outlined though for certain things relating to PDF generation it is the most suitable solution on the market. André -----Original Message----- From: Sicular, Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 June 2003 13:42 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Active PDF? Jim, I'm using cfml to dynamically create fdf files. The link you supply to your interface calls the fdf. Within the fdf are all your dynamic data. The fdf itself hold a pointer to a blank pdf template. The template is loaded and all the data goes in the right holes. Acrobat reader (free version) supports form submission. Basically all the data comes back to you via http and is in the form scope when you go to process it. Overall there are many ways to do this , but this one is free. Gl, Alexander Sicular Chief Technology Architect Neurological Institute of New York Columbia University as867 {at} columbia [dot] edu -----Original Message----- From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:10 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Active PDF? Howdy - I have a client who wanted to convert a number of Word-created forms to PDF's and put them up on their site. No sweat. Then, they wanted the user to be able to fill out form fields and have Acrobat do all the math, and they could print out a nice, cleanly filled-out form to sign and fax. Again, no problem at all. Now, however, they'd like to take the final step and have fully interactive PDF's - where certain dynamic fields are populated from database information, and the user can "submit" the PDF like they would any other web form and have CF process it accordingly. I've looked at ActivePDF, but before I dive into that, I wanted to send out some feelers to the group to see if anyone's worked with that with CF5 before. Money's not an object (to a point), so if there's a particularly awesome package there I should look into, I'm open to some suggestions. I am fiddling with XSL:FO syntax right now, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for, since I have to work off a previously-existing document (and I don't have a great deal of time to really get elbow-deep in *yet another* XML spec.) :) Thanks, - Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
