There is another way to do this without the ActiveX control. The FDF file is a plain
text file (with a fairly simple structure). Simply put in your CF variables as the
form field values (you can do this from inside Acrobat even), wrap a CFOUTPUT around
whole FDF file, then CFINCLUDE the FDF file preceded by a CFCONTENT
type="application/vnd.fdf". There is a /F switch at the end of the FDF file which
needs to specify a URL that points to the PDF template. You can include any CF
commands within the FDF file.
I've never tried doing this using the COM object, but the above method works great,
doesn't depend on another component, and is cross-platform.
Cheers,
-Max
>I have not tested the Adobe FDF ActiveX .... aka Adobe FDF Toolkit under
>heavy loads, but its seems to work ok so far.
>
>http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/forms.html
>
>http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/DOCS/fdftkref.pdf
>
>Here's what we're doing with forms - so far .....
>[kudos to Aymeric Grassart - of course]
>
>
>1. Create your PDF document/form distill it/pdfwriter driver from word
>etc.....
>
>2. Draw the "to be filled in form fields" on your pdf doc/form and assign
>them properties
>using the Adobe Acrobat full version form tool. There are other methods
>that are kinda
>interesting too - like scanning the doc from OmniForm4 and saving as a PDF
>:-)
>
>3. Inside Adobe Acrobat - full version - export FDF data (blank form data)
>to an FDF file on the webserver. This fdf will be used later as a
>"template" FDF to be modified / filled in in your process.....
>[myFirstFDF.fdf]
>
>4. Use <CFOBJECT> to call the tools in the FDF Toolkit activeX to pump data
>into your
>your PDf Form/file from steps 1&2 above.
<snip>
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