> I've got to provide a downloadable and printable form to fill in. > > I am wondering which route to go down between flashpaper and pdf. > > Is there any generally accepted preference about at the moment?
I think PDF is much more common for this kind of thing. > Are there any known stats for percent users with Adobe Reader > vs MacrAdobe Flash installed ? Flash adoption is almost certainly higher. Unfortunately, I haven't found a good source for PDF availability statistics. > From what I can see, Flashpaper does not allow the abillity > to save a document to the local client machine being viewed on? That's correct. However, it's just a SWF, so a user can save it like they would any other SWF. > Would be interested to hear people's fors and againsts for each route. I would recommend PDF for forms. It has lots of potentially useful options - automatic submission via HTTP or email, digital signatures, etc. > (surprised if Adobe will continue to have both in the future!? ) Actually, I suspect that FlashPaper will be around for a while at least. It's quite useful in some niches where PDF is not (yet), and it's not a serious competitor to PDF outside of those niches. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:255398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
