ah get it - yea there's a pdf/reader as well but is really for extracting things if I recall properly, i.e. not for editing / writing a PDF (I think) - it's actually pretty involved, decoding then encoding - you could edit the file directly but would have to become well versed in the encoding / overall structure of PDFs (not a quick study).. I'd just take the hit and regenerate every time, people are used to waiting on PDFs (cf. pragmatic / safari)..
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Guyren G Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2008, at 11:06 PM, John Bresnik wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Guyren G Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> What abt generating on the fly with pdf writer or RailsPDF ? > > No, it's a 150 page book with all kinds of illustrations and whatnot. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
