This is off-the-cuff, but... Can you create the sig block in HTML, and append it to a page containing the PDF to sign (in an iframe or something). Then, write the signed HTML to a temporary PDF and merge it with the static document.
Not sure if I explained that well, but hopefully you understood. --Ben Doom Jim Bates wrote: > Hi All, > > The issue I am facing is this: 1200+ PDF forms that employees will need to > sign. The docs are being created in MS Word, and all have a standard > signature block. We have prototyped using LiveCycle Designer 8 to add fields > to static PDF files (print Word files into Acrobat, import into LiveCycle and > paste in fields) but this is pretty labor-intensive to use with a minimum of > 1200 forms per quarter. > > The employee forms go into a CF8/Oracle library app (stored as BLOBs) and > served up for 7,000 or so employees to sign. Posted data goes back into > database. > > Here is the issue: Does anyone know any way to use some combination of > cfpdf / cfpdfform / cfdocument that will allow us to create ONE generic > signature block form, 1200 static PDF files, and merge them on the fly? > > <cfdocument> apparently does not allow PDF data to be included with a > <cfpdfform>, as I have tried outputting PDF variables, toBinary(PDF > variable), PDF served by <cfcontent> and various other combinations. > > (If the non-form data were HTML, we could easily output in a > <cfdocumentsection> of the cfdocument, and add the <cfpdfform > source="#genericForm#" action="populate"> and be done with it. But, we > can't.) > > <cfpdf action="merge"> with a combination of a static PDF file and a > populated form results in a flattend PDF file with no form data. > > I am acutely aware that LiveCycle 8 uses the XFA schema, and regular PDF > documents use a different schema. And, this may prohibit what we want to do. > > If anyone has experience with CF8 PDFs and PDF forms, or has any helpful > thoughts, I would be appreciatively gross. Needless to say, this is a six > month project that must be live in four weeks ;-) > > Thanks! > > Jim Bates > Verizon Business > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
