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Great explanation, Aandi! - Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aandi Inston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: RE: [PDFdev] Combining Form data with the Form > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > > I am trying to basically do a mail merge. > > I have a FORM with a couple fields > > I can set the values if these fields and create a FDF file using > > oFDF.FDFSaveToFile method from the FDF toolkit (ActiveX flavor). > > > > My question is - how can I save the data as a PDF so I dont > > have to send 2 > > files to the recipient (FDF and PDF). > > With the FDF toolkit, you don't. It's an FDF toolkit, not a PDF toolkit. > > > So far the only > > solution I have run > > across is the Appligent solution ($1000). > > That's a good way to do it. > > > > This seems like somehting almost everyone would want to do? > > Am I missing > > something? Is there a good reason this functionality isnt available? > > But you just said - it IS available. What you mean is, you want it to > be free? > > The reason *Adobe* don't provide this facility is that it would mean > web applications could easily merge an FDF and PDF, then return the result > to a web client, allowing the user to save the resulting PDF with the > free Acrobat Reader. All well and good, but Adobe want to sell Acrobat > to this user, which is why Reader cannot save a filled in form. > > Hence, often rather puzzling pieces in the Acrobat jigsaw follow from > marketing strategies. > > Aandi > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html > > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
