>- see footer for list info -< super news - cheers Rex! I'll look into implementing livecycle. Any ideas on pricing for the particular components I'd need? Looks costly.
Not sure about the pdfutils method - as its a magazine the pdfs are very design-led and it may prove a nightmare reformatting them. Gracias. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:30 AM, rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- see footer for list info -< > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Rich Wild wrote: > >> - see footer for list info -< > > Can I, with CF, read in the source pdf file, locate the bits of text in > > question and add hyperlinks to them, before saving the altered pdf > document > > back out as a new pdf? > > > > There are thousands of links to be added, so it needs to be automated. > > YES! With CF, you can read the source PDF file with DDX DocumentText. > So you can parse through it and add hyperlinks to them, then CFDOCUMENT > to a new PDF. You lose formatting though and have to recreate and > reformat the text to recreate the PDF. > > http://pdfutils.riaforge.org/ can help you get text from the PDF file > with getText() > > If you have LiveCycle, this becomes easier as you can edit the PDF > directly. The DDX element LINKS is the tag that would create the link > for you. LiveCycle would be able to do this. > > See the livedocs for CFPDF at > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_p-q_02.html#2922772 > under "Restricted DDX elements" > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkj4FQEACgkQ2s+LWcEri8TEfgCfcYboBxN9DK/mDSzLzwJPK45O > 5toAn0C/4fSzEii7bVKw1F75QPjTzEms > =zCop > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< > _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
