Re: Dynamic PDFs?

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 58952
interpreted = N
texte = 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  4. Re: Dynamic PDFs? ( "WebDna @ Inkblot Media" 2004)
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  7. Re: Dynamic PDFs? ( Bob Minor 2004)
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  10. Re: Dynamic PDFs? ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
  11. Re: Dynamic PDFs? ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
  12. Re: Dynamic PDFs? ( Steve Craig 2004)
  13. Re: Dynamic PDFs? ( Dave Hurley 2004)
  14. Dynamic PDFs? ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
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  16. Re: Dynamic PDFs? (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  17. Re: Dynamic PDFs? (Dan Strong 2002)
  18. Re: Dynamic PDFs? (Alex McCombie 2002)
  19. Re: Dynamic PDFs? (Bob Minor 2002)
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  21. Re: Dynamic PDFs? (Dan Strong 2002)
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/ Alex McCombie

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