Hey Ryan, iText is the way forward here ( CF7 uses iText for more PDF manipulation ). I wrote and app which does just this in CFMX 6.1. It takes in a PDF form ( it doesn't have to be an FDF) and abstracts all the available fields etc. You can then map to each field a value from a given column in a DB. At runtime a user gets a nice pre-filled customized PDF!
Any code I can share let me know..be happy to. N -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 June 2006 15:23 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: FDF and coldfusion On 6/6/06, Ryan Hamoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know this topic has been discussed in the past but not in the past few years. I would like to be able to pre-fill a PDF document using cold fusion variables. I have been to many forms and tried almost all their methods with no luck. I am using Cold Fusion Server Enterprise 6 with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 pro and Macromedia MX 2004 studio. Have any of you guys out there been able to successfully accomplish this using today's software? I have a feeling that for some reason this has become obsolete.. > I can confirm that the method of creating a PDF form, and then embedding CF variables in the resulting FDF to dynamically fill in the values still works in MX 7, as at my previous employer we used that method, and had migrated the app from 5 to 7. Unfortunately, I don't have any readily available code samples to give you for a demo, but if you can post what you have been trying, I might be able to see the problem. -- Jim Wright Wright Business Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-417-2257 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:242755 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
