RE: PDF creation/modification
PDFForm definitely looks like the way to go. Thanks for making life simple Ben! :-) ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: PDF creation/modification I'll have to give this one a shot http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/pdfform.html ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: PDF creation/modification Well 1 con... If I even open and save the original with no changes in notepad... it throws an error in Acrobat 7 pro If I use CF to read the original content and save it into a new file, all the pages are there but blank... *scratches head* :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: PDF creation/modification Thanks for all the tips (still checking iText) but apparently it IS easier than I thought, Let me know if you see any gaping holes in this but I found this: http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf.htm http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf2.cfm Doing it this way actually displays the field names and the values in the source of the file in plain text. So let's say I made a field called firstname and gave it a value of ***firstname*** In the source code, I see: /T(firstname)/V(***firstname***) Couldn't I just #replace(content, "***firstname***", form.firstname, "all")# The downside is, of course, that this pdf is huge. The upside is that I would only be entering the needed content and not fiddling with layout. Can you guys think of any more pros and cons? .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: PDF creation/modification Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > It is indeed CF7 :-) use iText. although it powers cfdocument you probably want the latest version, so you'll need it & mark's javaloader so as not to step on cfdocument's toes. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/ http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/ or better yet get bruno's book, http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ (there's a PDF version for 25 bucks, if you work w/iText & cf this books is a great value). http://javaloader.riaforge.org/ ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: PDF creation/modification
I'll have to give this one a shot http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/pdfform.html ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: PDF creation/modification Well 1 con... If I even open and save the original with no changes in notepad... it throws an error in Acrobat 7 pro If I use CF to read the original content and save it into a new file, all the pages are there but blank... *scratches head* ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: PDF creation/modification Thanks for all the tips (still checking iText) but apparently it IS easier than I thought, Let me know if you see any gaping holes in this but I found this: http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf.htm http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf2.cfm Doing it this way actually displays the field names and the values in the source of the file in plain text. So let's say I made a field called firstname and gave it a value of ***firstname*** In the source code, I see: /T(firstname)/V(***firstname***) Couldn't I just #replace(content, "***firstname***", form.firstname, "all")# The downside is, of course, that this pdf is huge. The upside is that I would only be entering the needed content and not fiddling with layout. Can you guys think of any more pros and cons? :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: PDF creation/modification Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > It is indeed CF7 :-) use iText. although it powers cfdocument you probably want the latest version, so you'll need it & mark's javaloader so as not to step on cfdocument's toes. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/ http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/ or better yet get bruno's book, http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ (there's a PDF version for 25 bucks, if you work w/iText & cf this books is a great value). http://javaloader.riaforge.org/ ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281534 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: PDF creation/modification
Well 1 con... If I even open and save the original with no changes in notepad... it throws an error in Acrobat 7 pro If I use CF to read the original content and save it into a new file, all the pages are there but blank... *scratches head* ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: PDF creation/modification Thanks for all the tips (still checking iText) but apparently it IS easier than I thought, Let me know if you see any gaping holes in this but I found this: http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf.htm http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf2.cfm Doing it this way actually displays the field names and the values in the source of the file in plain text. So let's say I made a field called firstname and gave it a value of ***firstname*** In the source code, I see: /T(firstname)/V(***firstname***) Couldn't I just #replace(content, "***firstname***", form.firstname, "all")# The downside is, of course, that this pdf is huge. The upside is that I would only be entering the needed content and not fiddling with layout. Can you guys think of any more pros and cons? ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: PDF creation/modification Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > It is indeed CF7 :-) use iText. although it powers cfdocument you probably want the latest version, so you'll need it & mark's javaloader so as not to step on cfdocument's toes. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/ http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/ or better yet get bruno's book, http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ (there's a PDF version for 25 bucks, if you work w/iText & cf this books is a great value). http://javaloader.riaforge.org/ ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: PDF creation/modification
Thanks for all the tips (still checking iText) but apparently it IS easier than I thought, Let me know if you see any gaping holes in this but I found this: http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf.htm http://www.school-for-champions.com/coldfusion/cftopdf2.cfm Doing it this way actually displays the field names and the values in the source of the file in plain text. So let's say I made a field called firstname and gave it a value of ***firstname*** In the source code, I see: /T(firstname)/V(***firstname***) Couldn't I just #replace(content, "***firstname***", form.firstname, "all")# The downside is, of course, that this pdf is huge. The upside is that I would only be entering the needed content and not fiddling with layout. Can you guys think of any more pros and cons? ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: PDF creation/modification Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > It is indeed CF7 :-) use iText. although it powers cfdocument you probably want the latest version, so you'll need it & mark's javaloader so as not to step on cfdocument's toes. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/ http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/ or better yet get bruno's book, http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ (there's a PDF version for 25 bucks, if you work w/iText & cf this books is a great value). http://javaloader.riaforge.org/ ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281525 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: PDF creation/modification
Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > It is indeed CF7 :-) use iText. although it powers cfdocument you probably want the latest version, so you'll need it & mark's javaloader so as not to step on cfdocument's toes. http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/ http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/ or better yet get bruno's book, http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ (there's a PDF version for 25 bucks, if you work w/iText & cf this books is a great value). http://javaloader.riaforge.org/ ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281484 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: PDF creation/modification
It is indeed CF7 :-) ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Christopher Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: PDF creation/modification Hmm... I just realized that even if you can read the document in via CF8 that it might not help you in CF7. However if document editing has been disabled in the copy they gave you, you can manipulate that stuff in CF8 and have it produce a new *unlocked* document that you could then maybe use to do the PDF magic in CF7? I dunno. I've not created a PDF with anything except CFX_PDF (ugh), and I'm just guessing at these ideas based on Ben's CF8 presentation at my CFUG. Hope these ideas help. Chris Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > So I finally have to create/modify a PDF from CF after all these > years. And wouldn't you know it. it's the biggest scholarship application known to man. > The PDF has to look exactly like the sample that the client sent over > (which doesn't allow editing haha). Is it possible to just insert the > info into an existing template when doing this or do I have to > generate a new PDF and painstakingly adjust every little detail until it looks like the original? > > > > Hopefully, on-the-fly PDF generation/modification has come a long way > since I last looked. > > > > I've generated DOCs, RTFs and such but those are simple, You just put > a marker in the place of the content and use replace() on the file > content. It doesn't look like that's going to work with a PDF. Any > starting points and suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > Bobby Hartsfield > > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281477 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: PDF creation/modification
Hmm... I just realized that even if you can read the document in via CF8 that it might not help you in CF7. However if document editing has been disabled in the copy they gave you, you can manipulate that stuff in CF8 and have it produce a new *unlocked* document that you could then maybe use to do the PDF magic in CF7? I dunno. I've not created a PDF with anything except CFX_PDF (ugh), and I'm just guessing at these ideas based on Ben's CF8 presentation at my CFUG. Hope these ideas help. Chris Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > So I finally have to create/modify a PDF from CF after all these years. And > wouldn't you know it. it's the biggest scholarship application known to man. > The PDF has to look exactly like the sample that the client sent over (which > doesn't allow editing haha). Is it possible to just insert the info into an > existing template when doing this or do I have to generate a new PDF and > painstakingly adjust every little detail until it looks like the original? > > > > Hopefully, on-the-fly PDF generation/modification has come a long way since > I last looked. > > > > I've generated DOCs, RTFs and such but those are simple, You just put a > marker in the place of the content and use replace() on the file content. It > doesn't look like that's going to work with a PDF. Any starting points and > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > Bobby Hartsfield > > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281464 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: PDF creation/modification
What cf version are you running bobby? I'm crossing my fingers (and so should you) that its 7+. :-D Rob > So I finally have to create/modify a PDF from CF after all these years. > And > wouldn't you know it. it's the biggest scholarship application known to > man. > The PDF has to look exactly like the sample that the client sent over > (which > doesn't allow editing haha). Is it possible to just insert the info into > an > existing template when doing this or do I have to generate a new PDF and > painstakingly adjust every little detail until it looks like the original? > > > > Hopefully, on-the-fly PDF generation/modification has come a long way > since > I last looked. > > > > I've generated DOCs, RTFs and such but those are simple, You just put a > marker in the place of the content and use replace() on the file content. > It > doesn't look like that's going to work with a PDF. Any starting points and > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > Bobby Hartsfield > > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: PDF creation/modification
Download the beta of CF8 and have it read the PDF in for you. You should then be able to spit it back out, manipulate it etc. I don't know this for a fact, but you may even be able to look at the DDX code (I think that's what it's called if memory serves from Ben's talk at my local CFUG). How about something like that? Chris Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > So I finally have to create/modify a PDF from CF after all these years. And > wouldn't you know it. it's the biggest scholarship application known to man. > The PDF has to look exactly like the sample that the client sent over (which > doesn't allow editing haha). Is it possible to just insert the info into an > existing template when doing this or do I have to generate a new PDF and > painstakingly adjust every little detail until it looks like the original? > > > > Hopefully, on-the-fly PDF generation/modification has come a long way since > I last looked. > > > > I've generated DOCs, RTFs and such but those are simple, You just put a > marker in the place of the content and use replace() on the file content. It > doesn't look like that's going to work with a PDF. Any starting points and > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > Bobby Hartsfield > > http://acoderslife.com > > > > > > > ~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4