On Monday 14 July 2008 12:34:03 pm Gregory Pittman wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > Unfortunately that part of the wiki is blank. I can figure out how > > to put forms fields on the pdf file but I am lost beyond that point. > > Does one use Perl, Java, Javascript, or PHP to retrieve the data, > > massage it, and return an answer? Does this routine take the form of > > a cgi file? > > Someone may correct my on this, but my understanding of the current > implementation of PDF forms in Scribus is that the data cannot be > separated from the form, so the use would be to fill out the form, then > print it to make use of the feature. > There is interest, of course, in being able to save form data, but right > now Adobe is holding on tight to the capability to do that, using only > its own licensed software. > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
Thats my understanding also. In addition I understand the Adobe software only works with MS os's. I know its not available for Linux except the Adobe reader and it does not allow saving the data. -- Russ Linux register user 441463
