Just a note for future searchers- I am still looking into the PDF solution, but I found something that might do the trick. I am using the applet mentioned and linked below to collect a signature. It will basically hand out a series of coordinates representing the signature. These coordinates can be saved in the database and easily reconstituted using CF 8's image manipulation functions (ImageDrawLines(myImage,x,y)) to recreate the coordinates as an image which can be rolled into a PDF, printed, whatever...
This seems to work pretty well. E -----Original Message----- From: E C list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Signature Capture Thanks Gerald, Chris and Dave. I am not sure what route I am going to go with this, but both ideas are helpful. I downloaded that java applet and it works great...pretty cool and simple...it works well in firefox, I am not sure why, but it wouldn't load in Internet Explorer, probably some security thing. E -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Signature Capture Here it is.... http://www.planet-source-code.com/URLSEO/vb/scripts/ShowCode!asp/txtCodeId!1 10/lngWid!9/anyname.htm On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Chris Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm about to do a project where we'll be capturing signatures, and one > member of the team says that he found a java applet that will capture > signatures. We'll be running it on a PDA. I know nothing else about it > (not even what it's called), I just know that my guy says he's found one. > > The point of this being that you may just want to look for something > like what I'm describing here as another alternative. > > Good luck! > Chris > > Dave Watts wrote: > >> Has anyone come up with any good solutions that would let you embed > >> a signature capture field in a form? This is for ColdFusion 8. > >> The widget would appear at the bottom of a form contract and the > >> hope would be that after the form was submitted it could be saved > >> to a file on the server or made > >> a part of a pdf. There is also talk of using something like > >> this to draw basic diagrams to attach to a contact's record. > >> > > > > You would need to use a PDF form to capture the signature. The PDF > > form containing the signature field can be appended to another PDF > > form containing the other form fields, if you want to do that, using > CFPDFFORM. > > To work effectively with signatures, your PDF would have to post > > itself, > not > > just the form data it contains, to your CF server. Then, in the > > action > page, > > you'd be able to reference the PDF scope. > > > > This exact thing is covered in this class: > > http://training.figleaf.com/Courses/movingtocoldfusion8.cfm > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners > > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > > > WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! > > http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300068 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
