On Mon, October 19, 2009 11:17, steve wrote: > On a slightly different tack, and possibly not cost effective, it is > easy enough to generate PDF documents on the fly from ( for example ) PHP. > > > So if the filling in of a standard HTML form to create a static PDF > would functionally support the requirement, try giving that a go?? > > I can see that this would provide the ability to speed up your workflow, > providing the ability to use pick lists, default fields, etc - you'd know > far more on the legal ( and data storage ) side of the problem, but > technically, it's not difficult at all.
Hmm, the key seems to be to have named fields in the PDF document, then use voodoo magic[1] to fill them in. Here are a couple of randomly discovered webpages that vaguely discuss the topic: http://koivi.com/fill-pdf-form-fields/ <http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=formsPDF_03.html> http://www.planetpdf.com/forumarchive/64043.asp In Nick's case he might have to examine the PDF to determine the field names (if indeed they are named). A [1] Anything to do with XML. Seriously, have you seen XSLT? Cool, but non-intuitive.
