Re: Dynamic PDFs?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = There is also HTMLdoc that allows you to tuen any HTML document into a PDF file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Strong"
To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 1:03 PM Subject: Re: Dynamic PDFs? > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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There is also HTMLdoc that allows you to tuen any HTML document into a PDF file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Strong" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 1:03 PM Subject: Re: Dynamic PDFs? > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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