On a slightly different tack, and possibly not cost effective, it is easy enough to generate PDF documents on the fly from ( for example ) PHP.
So if the filling in of a standard HTML form to create a static PDF would functionally support the requirement, try giving that a go?? I can see that this would provide the ability to speed up your workflow, providing the ability to use pick lists, default fields, etc - you'd know far more on the legal ( and data storage ) side of the problem, but technically, it's not difficult at all. Just a thought, Steve On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 12:44 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > I have PDF forms that I want to populate with data. I want to be able > to save the data and change it, and reprint the form with the updated > data. > > An example of the forms is here: > http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/pdf/DistrictCourtsRules/DCR-Form-2.pdf > > I don't want to have to buy full adobe acrobat at whatever inflated > price it may be (not forgetting there are probably 7 people in the > office needing to use these forms, and more if it becomes a generic > solution to other problems). > > I envisage probably a web page which asks questions needed to populate > the form - probably a standard LAMP arrangement. I can probably figure > all that out, its getting the data into the PDF form which has fields > etc generated by someone else that is the difficulty. > > I am aware of reportlab (python pdf api) > http://www.reportlab.org/rl_toolkit.html . Figuring out how to use it > in this context is another matter. > > Any tips or pointers would be valued highly. -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
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