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> I am trying to basically do a mail merge. > I have a FORM with a couple fields > I can set the values if these fields and create a FDF file using > oFDF.FDFSaveToFile method from the FDF toolkit (ActiveX flavor). > > My question is - how can I save the data as a PDF so I dont > have to send 2 > files to the recipient (FDF and PDF). With the FDF toolkit, you don't. It's an FDF toolkit, not a PDF toolkit. > So far the only > solution I have run > across is the Appligent solution ($1000). That's a good way to do it. > > This seems like somehting almost everyone would want to do? > Am I missing > something? Is there a good reason this functionality isnt available? But you just said - it IS available. What you mean is, you want it to be free? The reason *Adobe* don't provide this facility is that it would mean web applications could easily merge an FDF and PDF, then return the result to a web client, allowing the user to save the resulting PDF with the free Acrobat Reader. All well and good, but Adobe want to sell Acrobat to this user, which is why Reader cannot save a filled in form. Hence, often rather puzzling pieces in the Acrobat jigsaw follow from marketing strategies. Aandi To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
