Maybe (just a thought here...) it wouldn't be a bad idea to think Blackstone, or get the Macromedia FlashPaper add-on (it's what, $69? $99?) to go direct html-to-pdf without anything extra in the middle.
I think, by and large, Acrobat is a great tool for disseminating information to any supported system, and it encapsulates the data in a really awesome static fomation. However, any attempts I've seen to do dynamic PDFs outside of fairly high-end tools just doesn't work very well. Exception: HTMLdoc. Granted, it's limited and imperfect, but when it's capabilities fit the need, it's AWESOME. I'll keep thinking on it... Laterz, J On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:21:31 -0500, Stephen Hait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jared, > > Thanks again. I've tried every configuration I can think of I can't > get either of the results you reported. Would you mind trying this > link at planetpdf.com and letting me know what happens: > http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/inetpub/demo2.html > This is the same basic idea of serving a FDF data file that points > to a corresponding PDF but it's ASP instead of CF. > > Even though this FDF/PDF solution has worked for us for a > couple of years, it's been a real bear trying to troubleshoot the > odd, unreproducible problem. There are too many different factors > between operating system and patch level, browser version and > patch level and plugin configuration, Reader or Acrobat version(s), > etc. > > Since there doesn't seem to be much problem with reading > actual PDF files in most browsers, I think I will start looking at a > solution that fills and saves a PDF file on the server and then > serves that to the requestor. If you have any advice along those > lines, please lay it on me. > > Thanks again for your time, > Stephen > > > Stephen... > > > > I just hit the URL again using IE 6. > > > > I got two messages from Acrobat, one that the page contained no > > comments with "Yes" and "No" buttons. > > > > The other one said "This action is not permitted." > > > > Both of these ocurred while I had Reader open as a standalone app. > > When I hit the FDF page without Acrobat open, I, once again, got a > > blank page and no errors. > > > > Sorry dude... > > > > Laterz, > > J > > > > > > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:42:30 -0500, Stephen Hait > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jared, Thanks to you and Doug James > > for checking into this > issue. > > > I just hit your test page, and > > the PDF form came up, the contents of > > the FDF came up... same as > > Doug. > > > > But when I clicked on the link to the FDF, I got the > > Reader splash > > screen, and then nothing. Blank screen. No content > > at all. No errors > > either... but I'm not sure that's a good > > thing. I used the FireFox > > Page Info dialogue to save the FDF to > > my desktop and when I opened > > it in Reader, nothing at all came > > up there either, just a blank, > > gray, empty Reader screen. > > It > > seems that Firefox has some known issues when trying to > display a > > PDF via a FDF (content of type Application/vnd.fdf). I > should have > > made it clearer that what we're trying to reproduce > are errors > > when opening the form with _Internet Explorer_. That > link again > > is: > http://www.hopeaviation.com/pilotform/test/index.cfm > > If > > anyone else could test this with IE and report whether it > succeeds > > or how it fails, I'd appreciate it. > > > The system is oriented > > toward delivering content from a base64 > > encoded DB text table, > > but the example uses a PDF which is streamed > > back to the browser > > in a CFM page with cfcontent and cfheader making > > Acrobat think > > it's a PDF file... source code is downloadable from > > the link > > provided. > > This is basically what we're doing, too, except that > > we're trying to > make the browser think that it's a FDF file (mime > > type would be > Application/vnd.fdf). Here's another example for > > comparison at > planetpdf.com (FWIW, this is the same situation but > > using ASP > instead of CF. I have the same problems with Firefox and > > this > example): > > > http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/inetpub/demo2.html > > Thanks > > again, > Stephen > > > > > > -- > > Continuum Media Group LLC > > Burnsville, MN 55337 > > http://www.web-relevant.com > > http://cfobjective.blogspot.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190660 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
