You need to use Acrobat (the full version) to create the FDF files (which
are just text files). Then you use ColdFusion to populate the data in the
text file.
Check out http://www.azcfug.org/viewRecord.cfm?recordID=54
<http://www.azcfug.org/viewRecord.cfm?recordID=54&type=5> &type=5
It's a preso that I gave for the Phoenix ColdFusion usergroup. There are
definately other ways to create dynamic pdfs (Active PDF, Apache FOP with
XSL-FO, Adobe's PDF Server, etc...) but if you already have the pdfs and
they are not going to change often, then this is a cheap and effective way
to get your dynamic content into the form fields.
Cheers,
Jeff Garza
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From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:24 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: pdf auto fill from database
and the program I would do it with is Acrobat? using cf?
....tony
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From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:23 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: pdf auto fill from database
so, if I have pdf files, not the word docs that made them, and I want to
fill in areas, I assign a variable and a place (shape and size too?) on
a pdf document to then be populated by values returned from a query?
....tony
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From: Jeff Garza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:19 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: pdf auto fill from database
Tony,
Take a look at FDF generation using Acrobat... Basically what this does
is create a text field of all the form elements on the pdf document and
their values. I typically substitue a dummy value in each field that I
need to populate (like $value$) to make it easier to replace in
ColdFusion.
If you need any help, let me know. I've deployed a couple of sites that
use FDF files to create dynamic values in my pdfs.
Cheers,
Jeff Garza
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From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:03 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: FW: pdf auto fill from database
hello all.
im about to start looking into options for some sort of tool that I can
use to fill in district court forms (that are in pdf format) and then
have them printed. I have come across HotDocs, but im not sure if
that's what im looking for.
any ideas?
thanks.
....tony
r e v o l u t i o n w e b d e s i g n
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.revolutionwebdesign.com
its only looks good to those who can see bad as well
-anonymous
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