Hmm... I just realized that even if you can read the document in via CF8 that it might not help you in CF7. However if document editing has been disabled in the copy they gave you, you can manipulate that stuff in CF8 and have it produce a new *unlocked* document that you could then maybe use to do the PDF magic in CF7?
I dunno. I've not created a PDF with anything except CFX_PDF (ugh), and I'm just guessing at these ideas based on Ben's CF8 presentation at my CFUG. Hope these ideas help. Chris Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > So I finally have to create/modify a PDF from CF after all these years. And > wouldn't you know it. it's the biggest scholarship application known to man. > The PDF has to look exactly like the sample that the client sent over (which > doesn't allow editing haha). Is it possible to just insert the info into an > existing template when doing this or do I have to generate a new PDF and > painstakingly adjust every little detail until it looks like the original? > > > > Hopefully, on-the-fly PDF generation/modification has come a long way since > I last looked. > > > > I've generated DOCs, RTFs and such but those are simple, You just put a > marker in the place of the content and use replace() on the file content. It > doesn't look like that's going to work with a PDF. Any starting points and > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > Bobby Hartsfield > > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281464 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
