Re: Dynamic PDFs?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Just a quick description for anyone interested in what my stuff does... It creates another PDF using the source PDF as the "sheet of paper". You can place anything you like on top of it... I have an approach that makes it simple to lay data elements on top of the form from a database. I have recently extended it to handle wrapping text etc. Ie if you can imagine typing with an old typewriter into your PDF form -- my stuff will work. Fast and flexible. Works with binary PDFs as well, so you don't have to be the creator of the PDF and you can swap the source pdf with changes in seconds without having to start the WebDNA coding all over again... Contact me off list if you are interested in the solution... Thanks John for letting people know about my solution..!! On Aug 3, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > Alex, that is my thinking exactly. Conceptually, it seems like a > breeze, but in practice, I see that I will need to interact with > Distiller (or some server-side PDF-manipulating equivalent) > somehow.... I imagine that a raw .pdf file is some sort of postscript > file or whatever, and, along those lines, it seems as if I could > create a PDF template file that I like, then dynamically populate > some [variables] into the correct places within the PDF/postscript > code, then somehow compile all of that into a 'blessed' format that > Acrobat likes and will display. Ideally, I'd like to be able to > interact with this fantasy widget like ImageMagick... ok enough > rambling from me for now. I'll chase down Jay Van Vark and any other > options I find and keep you/the list posted. Feel free to contact me > directly in September if I get lazy on updates :) > -Dan > > > On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:07:24 -0400 > Alex McCombie
wrote: >> On 8/3/04 1:02 PM, "Dan Strong" wrote: >> >>> 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 >> Dan, >> Let me know how this works for you. Its something that we may have to >> deal >> with come sept-oct. >> >> Basically it says that the FDF file can be 'sent' somewhere and be >> re-imported into a PDF document that contains the same form fields. >> >> So this being said, I could see a pdf doc waiting on the server and >> the >> WEBDNA form creating a FDF file in the proper format... Then when you >> send >> them to the PDF doc it imports the DATA into the proper location. >> >> To avoid the sharing of data issue that comes from this, I would say >> that >> the FDF would probably need to be named with a cart number. If it >> cant have >> a different name you could overcome it by creating a CART Dir and >> call the >> fdf from there or something. >> >> I didn't have too much time to look at it right now but it seems like >> the >> potential answer you seek is definitely there. >> >> AJM >> >> Alex J McCombie New World Media >> Chief Information Officer Box 124 >> 888/892.6379 MartVille, NY 13111 >> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com >> >> Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > > Jay Van Vark 'Guiding Positive Change in High-Tech Companies' voice (858) 229-3102 efax (801) 659-7952 http://www.VanVark.net ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Just a quick description for anyone interested in what my stuff does... It creates another PDF using the source PDF as the "sheet of paper". You can place anything you like on top of it... I have an approach that makes it simple to lay data elements on top of the form from a database. I have recently extended it to handle wrapping text etc. Ie if you can imagine typing with an old typewriter into your PDF form -- my stuff will work. Fast and flexible. Works with binary PDFs as well, so you don't have to be the creator of the PDF and you can swap the source pdf with changes in seconds without having to start the WebDNA coding all over again... Contact me off list if you are interested in the solution... Thanks John for letting people know about my solution..!! On Aug 3, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > Alex, that is my thinking exactly. Conceptually, it seems like a > breeze, but in practice, I see that I will need to interact with > Distiller (or some server-side PDF-manipulating equivalent) > somehow.... I imagine that a raw .pdf file is some sort of postscript > file or whatever, and, along those lines, it seems as if I could > create a PDF template file that I like, then dynamically populate > some [variables] into the correct places within the PDF/postscript > code, then somehow compile all of that into a 'blessed' format that > Acrobat likes and will display. Ideally, I'd like to be able to > interact with this fantasy widget like ImageMagick... ok enough > rambling from me for now. I'll chase down Jay Van Vark and any other > options I find and keep you/the list posted. Feel free to contact me > directly in September if I get lazy on updates :) > -Dan > > > On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:07:24 -0400 > Alex McCombie wrote: >> On 8/3/04 1:02 PM, "Dan Strong" wrote: >> >>> 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 >> Dan, >> Let me know how this works for you. Its something that we may have to >> deal >> with come sept-oct. >> >> Basically it says that the FDF file can be 'sent' somewhere and be >> re-imported into a PDF document that contains the same form fields. >> >> So this being said, I could see a pdf doc waiting on the server and >> the >> WEBDNA form creating a FDF file in the proper format... Then when you >> send >> them to the PDF doc it imports the DATA into the proper location. >> >> To avoid the sharing of data issue that comes from this, I would say >> that >> the FDF would probably need to be named with a cart number. If it >> cant have >> a different name you could overcome it by creating a CART Dir and >> call the >> fdf from there or something. >> >> I didn't have too much time to look at it right now but it seems like >> the >> potential answer you seek is definitely there. >> >> AJM >> >> Alex J McCombie New World Media >> Chief Information Officer Box 124 >> 888/892.6379 MartVille, NY 13111 >> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com >> >> Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > > Jay Van Vark 'Guiding Positive Change in High-Tech Companies' voice (858) 229-3102 efax (801) 659-7952 http://www.VanVark.net ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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