What abt generating on the fly with pdf writer or RailsPDF ?

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Guyren G Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Oct 16, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Rob Kaufman wrote:
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>>   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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