It's one form right now, but my customer is in nine different states, and each states form that accomplishes this task is slightly different from each other. I'm hoping that I will eventually get all nine states' PDFs imported and then converted to an actual PDF form (or whatever I have do to) to make it so that I can pre-fill the form with data from the database.
Does that make sense? Chris On 8/14/07, miguel olivarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Chris, > Are you going to have to do this auto population of > forms across a large library of government forms? > > Or is this just for one form? > > Miguel > > --- Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Thanks everyone. > > > > I think CF8 is probably my best solution. The issue > > is that the PDFs already > > exist, so being able to read them in *and then* > > monkey around with them is > > pretty crucial. The PDFs are state government forms > > and must look exactly > > right or they won't be accepted by the local > > government offices. > > > > That said, I'm still going to be in new territory > > when trying to accomplish > > this task even under CF8. If anyone's got advice > > using CF8 to > > programmatically pre-fill certain form fields (and > > most likely converting > > the things to PDF forms since I'm not sure they'll > > technically be PDF forms > > to start with), I'd welcome that like no other! :o) > > > > Many thanks folks! > > Chris > > > > On 8/13/07, Eli Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > From what I remember it is a simple text file > > format to write out using > > > cf... The hardest part was the time consuming task > > of creating the fields in > > > Arobat Writer... if you have a lot... I found > > documentation a long time ago > > > on the adobe website and Arobat Writer help. > > > > > > Good luck... > > > > > > > > > On 8/13/07, Christopher Jordan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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