Each client has to have the adobe reader plug-in. I am not aware of any other way.
I presume if you are overlaying the FDF on a PDF server side and then sending the resulting PDF to the client, then Reader 5 probably would not be a requirement. If you are sending the FDF to the client, and letting the client side do the overlay, then Reader 5 IS a requirement. I prefer to stay as far away as possible from ActiveX objects, (works today, broken tommorrow, depending on what way the wind was blowing when the new version of IE auto installed itself on the users computer). Terry Fielder Network Engineer Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Alan Goldberg > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CFTALKTor] PDF's > > > Thanks, Terry, for the info. It sounds interesting. I found > the website (re: > other message) and have downloaded the technical specs for this. > I then understand that you do not require the Acrobat Add-on > for each client > to do this? I seem to have gotten that impression as I > scanned the doc. > Please let me know. > > For output control we have tried this activex tool, scriptx, which > self-installs at the user's request. > > www.meadroid.com/scriptx > > There is a free version with basic output control, and then > another paid > version with greater option ranges. > > -alan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:01 PM > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] PDF's > > > > We need to be able to print contracts, but cannot trust HTML not to > > incorrectly format, misplace page breaks, etc. > > > > That's where PDF's come in, PDF's are portable, guaranteed > to look the > same > > everywhere (kind of like PostScript). > > > > But the contracts have dynamic data in them. In Adobe 5, > you can use an > FDF > > file, which is basically a complex CSV to get it done. > > > > CFSERVER passes the FDF to the browser, the browser opens the FDF in > Acrobat > > Reader, Reader then looks in the FDF for which PDF to > overlay the FDF on, > > and Reader opens the PDF, overlays the FDF data into the > PDF's fields, and > > then presto magic we have a contract, formatted correctly, > dynamicaly > > created, but READONLY for the user. > > > > Terry Fielder > > Network Engineer > > Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > Behalf Of Alan Goldberg > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:57 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [CFTALKTor] PDF's > > > > > > > > > OK. Now you got me. Enquiring minds want to know. What is an fdf? > > > Populating pdf's sounds like fun. Care to write a little more > > > about this? > > > -alan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: CFTALK (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:58 PM > > > Subject: [CFTALKTor] PDF's > > > > > > > > > > I currently use fdf's to dynamically populate pdf's with > > > fields to give > > > > dynamic reports (in fact contracts). > > > > > > > > This works fine when passed back through the browser. > > > > > > > > Now, the users want the system to email the contract from > > > the system, > > > hence > > > > the system needs to overlay the fdf onto the pdf and then > > > send the pdf. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any insight into doing this, or doing > > > something similar > > > to > > > > this? > > > > > > > > Terry Fielder > > > > Network Engineer > > > > Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > - > > > > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > > > > This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to > > http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > > > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > > > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > > > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > > > > > > > > > - > > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > > This message has been posted by: "Alan Goldberg" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. 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