Re: [PHP-DB] How to use PHP to fill in existing pdf document
I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first ask user to fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say?
Re: [PHP-DB] How to use PHP to fill in existing pdf document
Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes the part I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an existing form, but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the server's printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could then convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to print to the server's printer... - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first ask user to fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] How to use PHP to fill in existing pdf document
Search for pdflib or fpdf. They help you with generating PDF files from a php script. Sent from my iPhone On 02/05/2010, at 7:28 AM, listread listr...@cze.com wrote: Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes the part I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an existing form, but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the server's printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could then convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to print to the server's printer... - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first ask user to fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] How to use PHP to fill in existing pdf document
Yes, I've looked hard at fdpf and see how it is used to generate a new pdf, but I need to simply fill in the form fields in an existing pdf. If it can do that, I'm not finding the feature Thanks, - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:43 PM, Gary wrote: listreadlistr...@cze.com wrote in message news:4bdc9ced.3060...@cze.com... Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes the part I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an existing form, but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the server's printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could then convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to print to the server's printer... - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first ask user to fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5078 (20100501) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com Ron Take a peek at this http://fpdf.org/ Writing to a pdf from php is very cumbersome, this seems to take some of the sting out. Gary __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5078 (20100501) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] How to use PHP to fill in existing pdf document
Just a thought, You may be able to instead of having them download, just display it as a html page and the fields will be there, then attach a PHP mail script to it somehow with a macro or something to that effect. Have it call on this php script to send the message and/or store in the database. The php script will have to be attached to the basic pdf before its uploaded, but I think that is possible. Might be worth some investigating. Doesn't seem to difficult. Karl On May 2, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Hi Ron, I have done this once before and what I had to do was let the user download the pdf that had the fields in it, they fill in the fields and email the pdf back, right from acrobat. In the pdf, you set the fields to lock after they finish and submit. You can also have them sign the document virtually then lock the whole document. Then you set it up to email the pdf back to you. They will need a email program for this on their computer of course. Like Eudora or Mail or Outlook. You can put a notice link in the PDF to an upload form on your site if they do not have a mail program. You will need Acrobat Professional to do this though. There may be another one I don't know of. HTH, Karl On May 1, 2010, at 10:36 PM, listread wrote: Yes, I've looked hard at fdpf and see how it is used to generate a new pdf, but I need to simply fill in the form fields in an existing pdf. If it can do that, I'm not finding the feature Thanks, - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:43 PM, Gary wrote: listreadlistr...@cze.com wrote in message news:4bdc9ced.3060...@cze.com... Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes the part I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an existing form, but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the server's printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could then convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to print to the server's printer... - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first ask user to fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5078 (20100501) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com Ron Take a peek at this http://fpdf.org/ Writing to a pdf from php is very cumbersome, this seems to take some of the sting out. Gary __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5078 (20100501) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
