> If anyone has experience building PDF files with associated FDF > files, can you please let me know if this claim of absolute file > paths for the FDF file is correct? Or is there a way to specify a > relative path - e.g., relative to the current program. If there is, > please let me know how to do this, so I can inform my client. I find > it hard to believe that Adobe could release such a product and > require absolute file paths.
Hi Irv, I have used this technique. There's an article on DOUG by Doug Brown about it that I found very useful. http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=878 My experience was that the FDF file contains the name of the PDF file it's 'associated' with, and by double clicking the FDF file the PDF is in effect opened with the specified forms filled with the data contained in the FDF file. When I was creating the PDFs that were to be filled with FDF data, I didn't put any path info into the PDF. It seemed to me that it's the FDF file that contains 'path' information. In my situation, where both files were dropped into the same directory, just the fileName of the associated PDF was sufficient. Here's a snippet from the article: The name of the PDF file related to the FDF data appears with the "/F" delimiter. This information is critical for printing the completed form. The FDF and PDF need to be in the same directory by default so the one can find the other. If they will not be in the same folder, the file name in this parameter can be altered to reflect the complete path to the PDF file. When you double-click the FDF file saved by the sample application, it will open the sample PDF file with the data filled in if both files are in the same folder. HTH, -Sean. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
