It makes sense, im in the realestate industry and we do form population for most of the states in the us.
If you'd like to see more of how we have accomplished this email me off the list Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > 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/
