RE: download as pdf
> Is it possible to generate pdf file in CFMX (6)? > I have a form that users should fill and print and post. I > wonder if it is possible that they fill it in a .cfm form and > then download it as pdf and print it. > If it is not possible in cf6 I can change my hosting and buy > a cf7 but another problem is the fromat of the pdf file > completely predictable. I mean the form that should be > printed and posted should have special format (fornt and > lines) and the specific number of fields should be in each > page of printed page. So is it possible to make that? Your best bet is to merge an existing PDF form with an FDF data file. There are plenty of ways you can do that in any version of CF. I think you can use iText for this, also. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore and Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256535 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: download as pdf
http://www.easel2.com/ But, I have tried several times to contact them regarding an upgrade to their tag for CF7. Cause, you can't run this tag on CF7, it causes havoc with CF7's PDF generator. -Original Message- From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:57 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: download as pdf When we used CF5, we used HTMLDOCs to generate PDFs on the fly. However, we ran our own servers :-) If in a shared hosting, you may need to go to CFMX 7 now since you Can generate PDFs on the fly with it. I seem to recall a CFX_PDF tag around somewhere that you maybe able to Use but do not remember where I seen it at previously. -Original Message- From: Ali Majdzadeh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: download as pdf Very interesting post, Ben, Really thanks: What I really need is the user can fill some form fields (doesn't matter if in thi stage it is pdf or cfm) then after that the user can generate the pdf file to print the whole form in a specific format simultaneously the user's data get inserted into the database for further use. The pdf file should be regeneratable because the user might need to update it and send it again and filling so much fields would be hard. As I mentioned in my last post this task is so critical for me, if it could not be done in cf6 I will upgrade to a server with cf7. Thanks Benign ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256510 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: download as pdf
When we used CF5, we used HTMLDOCs to generate PDFs on the fly. However, we ran our own servers :-) If in a shared hosting, you may need to go to CFMX 7 now since you Can generate PDFs on the fly with it. I seem to recall a CFX_PDF tag around somewhere that you maybe able to Use but do not remember where I seen it at previously. -Original Message- From: Ali Majdzadeh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: download as pdf Very interesting post, Ben, Really thanks: What I really need is the user can fill some form fields (doesn't matter if in thi stage it is pdf or cfm) then after that the user can generate the pdf file to print the whole form in a specific format simultaneously the user's data get inserted into the database for further use. The pdf file should be regeneratable because the user might need to update it and send it again and filling so much fields would be hard. As I mentioned in my last post this task is so critical for me, if it could not be done in cf6 I will upgrade to a server with cf7. Thanks Benign ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256502 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: download as pdf
Very interesting post, Ben, Really thanks: What I really need is the user can fill some form fields (doesn't matter if in thi stage it is pdf or cfm) then after that the user can generate the pdf file to print the whole form in a specific format simultaneously the user's data get inserted into the database for further use. The pdf file should be regeneratable because the user might need to update it and send it again and filling so much fields would be hard. As I mentioned in my last post this task is so critical for me, if it could not be done in cf6 I will upgrade to a server with cf7. Thanks Benign ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256501 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: download as pdf
If you need PDF form fill-in then this may help, I have not tested it under CFMX6.x, but it *should* work. http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/7/27/cf_pdfform --- Ben -Original Message- From: Ali Majdzadeh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: download as pdf Is it possible to generate pdf file in CFMX (6)? I have a form that users should fill and print and post. I wonder if it is possible that they fill it in a .cfm form and then download it as pdf and print it. If it is not possible in cf6 I can change my hosting and buy a cf7 but another problem is the fromat of the pdf file completely predictable. I mean the form that should be printed and posted should have special format (fornt and lines) and the specific number of fields should be in each page of printed page. So is it possible to make that? Thanks benign ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: download as pdf
I've done this in 6.1 with the use of iText classes - took a couple of days but was well worth it. Good blog post on the subject at: http://cephas.net/blog/2004/03/14/using-itext-pdf-coldfusion/ > -Original Message- > From: Ali Majdzadeh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 October 2006 12:55 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: download as pdf > > Is it possible to generate pdf file in CFMX (6)? > I have a form that users should fill and print and post. I wonder if it is > possible that they fill it in a .cfm form and then download it as pdf and > print it. > If it is not possible in cf6 I can change my hosting and buy a cf7 but > another problem is the fromat of the pdf file completely predictable. I > mean the form that should be printed and posted should have special format > (fornt and lines) and the specific number of fields should be in each page > of printed page. So is it possible to make that? > Thanks > benign > > ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
