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All of what George said is true :-) You can experiment with database driven forms with many solutions based upon your budget and project requirements. The web server solution George mentions typically will require some type of database "middleware" application ...... Microsoft ASP code is convienent, or my preference Macromedia's ColdFusion server [of which you can get a demo download]. The middleware application [ColdFusion etc .... ] receives the data from the form and passes it into your database. Additionally it can query the database and pass the result set data TO your pdf form and pre fill it. All the best, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [PDF-Forms] PDF Forms and database interactivity? > > PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > > I'm wondering if forms can do the following: > > > > 1: Write information to a database > > > > 2: Read information from a database > > Reader cannot do that directly, but data can flow into and out of a form with > the help of a web server. The web server does the job of interacting with the > database and handling the incoming and outgoing data. For versions prior to 6, > the PDF has to be viewed in a web browser. > > The full version of Acrobat (5 and up) and Acrobat Approval can connect to a > local database via ADBC. Reader cannot. You'd have to do some JavaScript > programming. > > > 3: Duplicate information between fields (i.e. - enter text in one field and > > have it duplicate into other fields on the same form) > > Yes. Either give the fields the same name or use the appropriate JavaScript. > > > 4: Automatically retrieve the date and/or time from the computer or server > > the form is located on and enter it into a field when the field is clicked > > or the PDF is opened. > > Yes, via JavaScript. > > > One final question, does Acrobat Reader support the filling in of forms yet, > > or are the users still required to have a full version of Acrobat? > > Reader has been able to fill-in and interact with a web server since 3.0. It > still can't save a filled-in form, unless the PDF has been specially prepared > using expensive software from Adobe. Reader 5.1 and above can do more than > normal with such rights-enabled PDFs. > > George > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html > > > > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
