Chris... look into using FDF files along with your PDF's.... the FDF files can be formatted by CF (ascii files) and somehow fed into PDF so that you can have the forms fill in all the form fields...
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/ > > -- Patrick Steil
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