Sveinn ? Felli (IMAP) wrote: > Ronald Wiplinger (Lists) wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 10:01 +0100, John Beardmore wrote: >>> Ronald Wiplinger (Lists) wrote:
>>>> I have a pdf booklet - some are created with Scribus, some are made with >>>> Acrobat 9Pro. >>>> These booklets should be sold on a hosted web server (apache with php). >>>> >>>> We would be thrilled if we could personalize the booklet during selling, >>>> like: >>>> >>>> 1. add a remark on each page, like Teacher <name> uses <title> >>>> booklet >>>> (the buyer is the teacher) >>>> >>>> 2. a personalized additional page (welcome page number 3) > > To answer some of your questions: > > Well, I've seen and experimented with such a function. PHP3 > is (maybe was) able to do a search/replace inside any file, > including PDF's. With a PDF template which includes (even > several) placeholders e.g. <Name> and <Address> PHP would > automatically replace the placeholders with data from a DB > or user input. Handy for making printable invoices and receipts. > BUT: this only worked with PDFs format 1.2 and older > (Acrobat 3.x) where pure text was still included (no > encoding ? no compression). I have an example made with > PSSCRIPT.DRV version 4.0 from MSWord (v.95?) through > Distiller 3.01. Presumably for that matter it would also be possible to make such substitutions in a Postscript template, then convert that PDF ? Could PsTools do that conversion ? Don't know about PHP. Wouldn't making a database report which happens to be a tiny awk script be less trouble ? Depends what you are familiar with I guess. Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
