You really want to use Ben Forta's article here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/pdfform.html
This is the java API called XPAAJ, which will let you set form fields inside an existing PDF. Chris Peterson -----Original Message----- From: Chris Ditty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Modifying an existing PDF Thanks Rich. We actually have a certificate that will be put into a pdf. We will then place the customer's name and other information on that pdf when needed. I'll check out that link. On 1/4/07, Richard Kroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible, using the built in features of CF, to modify and add > > information on top of an existing pdf file? > > What do you mean by "modify and add information"? Are you referring to > filling in PDF Forms? Adding additional pages to the end of an existing > page? Modifying existing text inside an existing PDF? > > The reason I ask is that I've done some work in this area. We had a > requirement to populate pre-existing PDF's with dynamic data, and a > later requirement to dynamically add additional pages to the end of > these pre-configured PDF documents and insert user defined text. > > The solution I found (which can be tricky depending on your java > knowledge) was to use the iText Java library. An older version of iText > ships with CF and is what powers CFDocument from what I understand. > Using the iText library you can get to virtually every part of a PDF, > but some are a lot harder to manipulate than others. > > The link to the home of iText is http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ > > Depending what you are trying to do I might be able to provide some code > samples of how to manipulate PDFs within CF. > > HTH > > Rich Kroll > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265657 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
