neily wheely... i'd love to see some of that code. i STILL *3 years coming* have to finish a project for an atty friend who needs me to make his court docs dynamic pdfs :)
tw On 6/7/06, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Ryan, > > iText is the way forward here ( CF7 uses iText for more PDF manipulation ). > I wrote and app which does just this in CFMX 6.1. It takes in a PDF form ( > it doesn't have to be an FDF) and abstracts all the available fields etc. > You can then map to each field a value from a given column in a DB. At > runtime a user gets a nice pre-filled customized PDF! > > Any code I can share let me know..be happy to. > > N > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 June 2006 15:23 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: FDF and coldfusion > > On 6/6/06, Ryan Hamoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know this topic has been discussed in the past but not in the past few > years. I would like to be able to pre-fill a PDF document using cold fusion > variables. I have been to many forms and tried almost all their methods > with no luck. I am using Cold Fusion Server Enterprise 6 with Adobe > Acrobat 6.0 pro and Macromedia MX 2004 studio. Have any of you guys out > there been able to successfully accomplish this using today's software? I > have a feeling that for some reason this has become obsolete.. > > > > I can confirm that the method of creating a PDF form, and then > embedding CF variables in the resulting FDF to dynamically fill in the > values still works in MX 7, as at my previous employer we used that > method, and had migrated the app from 5 to 7. Unfortunately, I don't > have any readily available code samples to give you for a demo, but if > you can post what you have been trying, I might be able to see the > problem. > > -- > > Jim Wright > Wright Business Solutions > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 919-417-2257 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:242782 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
