Re: Dynamic PDFs?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Below is a link to hack for creating PDFs from scratch. It uses DNA to build a PHP file to build a PDF using PDFLib. Like I said it a hack but I just wanted to see if it could be done. http://www.dcrant.com/ Michael On Aug 3, 2004, at 7:36 PM, Michael Quattrone wrote: > I am very interested in your solution. > > Michael Quattrone > > > On Aug 3, 2004, at 5:22 PM, Jay Van Vark wrote: > >> 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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Below is a link to hack for creating PDFs from scratch. It uses DNA to build a PHP file to build a PDF using PDFLib. Like I said it a hack but I just wanted to see if it could be done. http://www.dcrant.com/ Michael On Aug 3, 2004, at 7:36 PM, Michael Quattrone wrote: > I am very interested in your solution. > > Michael Quattrone > > > On Aug 3, 2004, at 5:22 PM, Jay Van Vark wrote: > >> 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 . 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