On Oct 16, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Rob Kaufman wrote:

>   The best way to do it uses a technology called FDF.  You basically  
> add form fields to the PDF using Acrobat or Illistator and then make  
> an FDF or XFDF (its FDF+XML ;-) and merge the two.  The result is  
> the form filled in.  As far as I know there isn't a great way to do  
> that inside Ruby, but there is an app called pdftk (which doesn't  
> actually use TK btw) and I usually shell out to that.

Actually, I found pdftk just now, and that would let me set one pdf as  
a watermark over another one.

I think if I use a form, someone can modify the form with Acrobat,  
can't they?

This is intended to be a lightweight deterrent to distribution, but I  
think that's too lightweight.

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