Nope, not true - a PDF file uses compression. More info at:
http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=pdfspec
Regards,
Howie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Dynamic PDF
> >
> >All,
> >Is there a way to create PDFs on the fly? My users get a results set
> >from a query and I would like to give them a dynamic way to print it.
> >
> >Any thoughts on how it can be done?
>
> A PDF file is really text inside, if you just need to change a few
> parts of the file, like their name + account number or something,
> but the rest of the document stays the same, you can create the PDF
> and then open it and do a search and replace for your place holder
> (like --NAME-HERE--). This works best if there is nothing else on
> the same line after the text you are replacing, the different sizes
> of replacement strings may mess up what comes later. Example:
>
> Joe Smith Other Stuff
> Cathly Brunagamnecktie Other Stuff (not lined up....)
>
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