Eli, That's great news (though we may upgrade anyway). How difficult was it? Can you point me to any online resources for the FDF language? Have you tried using the new cfpdf tags provided in CF8? Would you recommend one over the other?
Thanks! Chris On 8/13/07, Eli Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris, > > I've done this before with CF4.5 and 6 using the Acrobat FDF Language you > can fill in the form easily after you have configured the template PDF > document you map the data you have to the fields in the PDF using CF.. > > Eli > > > On 8/13/07, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I have the need to read in PDF documents (state government forms) and > > programmatically fill in certain fields prior to letting the user print out > > the resultant form. I'm guessing first that I could not do this with CF7 (we > > will upgrade to get this functionality). What I'm wondering next is how I > > should approach this. The user wouldn't have to fill anything out, as all of > > the data that I need to pre-fill on the PDF I already have in my database. > > So should I convert the thing into an honest to goodness PDF form (if it > > isn't one already), or can I just read the PDF in, manipulate what is > > necessary, and be done with it? > > > > I've never done any PDF manipulation so if anyone on here has experience > > with that, I'd love your input. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > -- > > http://cjordan.us > > _______________________________________________ > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > List Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > www.instantspot.com/ > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.instantspot.com/ > www.teksystems.com/ > > -- http://cjordan.us
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