the system: Electronic Document Magement System that will generate documents
by the information gave in the submitting of a HTML form (informations like
type of document, subject, from, to, content - the fields depends on
document type).
the actions: store some documents that can pass by some sectors in the
company and control where they are. In each sector they can alter some
field, append other documents, ...
the objectives: use digital document valid for the law and control the
document inside the company.
how does it work: the user enter some data in a web page fields and submit
it. My idea was to feed one PDF model (a PDF, probably with AcroFields, that
will have all the style already done) with the data received by HTML form
and save in the database. Later one could change the subject of a document,
for example. Then, I need to know whose information on the PDF stored is the
subject.
Why I want to use PDF? is out of question let the user, that only have
rights to see the document, download it in a format like word compatible and
have the chance to change it. And storing fields in database and generate
PDF only to visualize will make the cryptography and digital signature worse
to do.
Why to use AcroFields? because all documents must follow some rules like
alignment, font, margin, ... and I need to pick each field later then I
thought it, or FDF, could help me.
the question: There is some way to feed some fields and save the PDF
document whith some data. Later, open this PDF to get the fields value?
thanks,
Rodrigo
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rodrigo_borges wrote:
> Hy,
> my English is not good but I expect to pass the idea of my problem.
> I'm working on a system that will pick up some data from a form and
> generate a PDF that will be stored on a database. This PDF must obey
> some rules like alignment, font type and size, margins, etc.
> Later, the user can change some informations on PDF then I will need to
> fill each field on HTML form with specific parts of PDF. I tryed to
> use PDF form and when recovering from database without success.
> Because the way the system is built, it's not a good idea to submit in
Adobe
> Reader.
> How can I solve my problem? I Is there some way to store the data of
> fields without submit the PDF file?
First of all: have you taken the time to read:
http://itext.ugent.be/articles/eid-pdf/
It has some PDF form examples.
You are talking about a PDF form (used as a template)
and data. I assume that you have the form somewhere
on the file system and that you want to store the data
in the database.
Storing the PDF in the database is possible (and if
it doesn't work, you should post the problem to the
database mailinglist to inform about storing binaries
in a database), but I don't understand why you would
want to do this.
Then suddenly you start talking about an HTML form,
as if you deliberately want to confuse us.
I agree: sometimes it is better to provide an HTML form
to retrieve the data, store the data in a database, and
then use this data to fill a PDF form.
As a matter of fact that is exactly what we are doing
at Ghent University when we grade students.
See http://itext.ugent.be/articles/ects-ict/index.php?page=4
(Look for 'Transcript of Records').
After you have read these articles post your question
again, but please explain what you really want; don't
juggle with concepts to make people confused.
Don't tell us something doesn't work (like storing a
PDF in a database) because you don't know how to make
it work.
br,
Brun
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