Re: Dynamic PDFs?
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texte = Ok, HTMLdoc isn't quite what I need (I don't think)... the concept there, (I believe) is to take a webpage (dynamically-genereated or otherwise) and then create a PDF file of the webpage. Fine for most uses, but this client specifically requested that a 'pretty' pre-formatted PDF doc be created... basically, their actual, printable, current PDF contract, but with sales-rep entered data from a web form. Pretty cool, actually, if I can get it to work right :) http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/27f9a.htm <-- Great info Basically, it looks like there is a file format called FDF that is simply a text file (database...) that can be written in a specific format for parsing by an exisiting PDF file (form) .... I'm good up to this point... now onto the hard part :) Oh, btw, sorry for the rambling, but someone may find this useful when searching the archives. -Dan On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:30:18 -0700 "Dan Strong"
wrote: >I'll check that out now. What I am thinking is more along the lines of having an actual, >printable .pdf file waiting on the server, like a template or something, that can receive vars >like a mail merge doc in Word, then write itself out as a unique, printable pdf doc. In my >fantasy world, it would work like this: >http://www.mysite.com/[cart].pdf?var1=whatever&var2=whatever, etc. Yeah right ;) Thanks, guys. >-Dan > > >On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:10:58 +0100 > Steve Craig wrote: >>Hi >> >>On OSX I use a thing called HTMLDoc version 1.8.23 which is free to use I >>think. Basically you can point it to a url, which can be your populated >>content, and it makes a pdf on the fly. You then you send it off to the >>user. Works well for me and includes all tables, graphics etc. >> >>It's not to hot on CSS so as long as your html is basic it will work ok. >> >>Can give you a URL if you need to see example. >> >>Cheers >>======================================== >>Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd >>Tel +44 1224 642960 Fax +44 1224 642962 >>======================================== >>http://www.asylumweb.com >>Email: steve@asylumweb.com >>======================================== >> >> >> >>> From: Dan Strong >>> Reply-To: WebDNA Talk >>> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 08:55:23 -0700 >>> To: WebDNA Talk >>> Subject: Dynamic PDFs? >>> >>> Hey everybody, >>> >>> Just began my thinking on this right this second...will Google immediately >>> after sending this, but >>> wanted to get any opinions, two cents, etc. about this: Simple 'contract' site >>> (webform --> Webdna >>> populates .db --> which populates 'contract', blah blah, basic stuff), but at >>> the end variables >>> are fed to a PDF file for printout/download... this happens, right? Anybody >>> have a preferred >>> method? Is it as 'easy' as talking to Distiller on the server via [shell] or >>> something like that, >>> or is there something automated. Googling now. >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> -Dan >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Ok, HTMLdoc isn't quite what I need (I don't think)... the concept there, (I believe) is to take a webpage (dynamically-genereated or otherwise) and then create a PDF file of the webpage. Fine for most uses, but this client specifically requested that a 'pretty' pre-formatted PDF doc be created... basically, their actual, printable, current PDF contract, but with sales-rep entered data from a web form. Pretty cool, actually, if I can get it to work right :) http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/27f9a.htm <-- Great info Basically, it looks like there is a file format called FDF that is simply a text file (database...) that can be written in a specific format for parsing by an exisiting PDF file (form) .... I'm good up to this point... now onto the hard part :) Oh, btw, sorry for the rambling, but someone may find this useful when searching the archives. -Dan On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:30:18 -0700 "Dan Strong" wrote: >I'll check that out now. What I am thinking is more along the lines of having an actual, >printable .pdf file waiting on the server, like a template or something, that can receive vars >like a mail merge doc in Word, then write itself out as a unique, printable pdf doc. In my >fantasy world, it would work like this: >http://www.mysite.com/[cart].pdf?var1=whatever&var2=whatever, etc. Yeah right ;) Thanks, guys. >-Dan > > >On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:10:58 +0100 > Steve Craig wrote: >>Hi >> >>On OSX I use a thing called HTMLDoc version 1.8.23 which is free to use I >>think. Basically you can point it to a url, which can be your populated >>content, and it makes a pdf on the fly. You then you send it off to the >>user. Works well for me and includes all tables, graphics etc. >> >>It's not to hot on CSS so as long as your html is basic it will work ok. >> >>Can give you a URL if you need to see example. >> >>Cheers >>======================================== >>Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd >>Tel +44 1224 642960 Fax +44 1224 642962 >>======================================== >>http://www.asylumweb.com >>Email: steve@asylumweb.com >>======================================== >> >> >> >>> From: Dan Strong >>> Reply-To: WebDNA Talk >>> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 08:55:23 -0700 >>> To: WebDNA Talk >>> Subject: Dynamic PDFs? >>> >>> Hey everybody, >>> >>> Just began my thinking on this right this second...will Google immediately >>> after sending this, but >>> wanted to get any opinions, two cents, etc. about this: Simple 'contract' site >>> (webform --> Webdna >>> populates .db --> which populates 'contract', blah blah, basic stuff), but at >>> the end variables >>> are fed to a PDF file for printout/download... this happens, right? Anybody >>> have a preferred >>> method? Is it as 'easy' as talking to Distiller on the server via [shell] or >>> something like that, >>> or is there something automated. Googling now. >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> -Dan >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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