SOT: PDF's forms being auto-filled by CFMX
Hello all, Does anyone know of there are any things that have come up in MX that would disallow auto-filling PDF forms? I did the tutorial here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg32040.html And everything was gravy until I got to the part where the PDF is supposed to load in Acrobat. I get an error that says "There was an error opening the docuement. The file does not exist." Well, I uploaded the PDF and FDF files to my server, etc. The example tutorial uses the CFCONTENT tag, which I am not all that familiar with. Is is possible that there is something in CF causing the file not to be recognized? It's the only thing I can think of besides the fact that Acrobat Reader isn't opening within the confines fo the browser, but is opening itself up in a new window. I've tried on a few different machines with the same result. Any help is greatly appreciated, as always. Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer The Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Dayton, OH 45404 937-641-4293 http://www.childrensdayton.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is inexpensive and delivered on time." [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: SOT: PDF's forms being auto-filled by CFMX
> Does anyone know of there are any things that have come up in MX > that would disallow auto-filling PDF forms? Not exactly sure what problem you're having but I've handled this using CFMX 6.1 (and earlier) using CFCONTENT _and_ CFHEADER as follows: TEMPLATE="myfdfname.fdf"> Your FDF file needs to point to the actual PDF file which corresponds to its contents. HTH, Stephen > I did the tutorial here: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg32040.html > > And everything was gravy until I got to the part where the PDF is > supposed to load in Acrobat. I get an error that says "There was an > error opening the docuement. The file does not exist." > > Well, I uploaded the PDF and FDF files to my server, etc. The > example tutorial uses the CFCONTENT tag, which I am not all that > familiar with. > > Is is possible that there is something in CF causing the file not to > be recognized? > > It's the only thing I can think of besides the fact that Acrobat > Reader isn't opening within the confines fo the browser, but is > opening itself up in a new window. I've tried on a few different > machines with the same result. > > Any help is greatly appreciated, as always. > > > > Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer > The Children's Medical Center > One Children's Plaza > Dayton, OH 45404 > 937-641-4293 > > http://www.childrensdayton.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is > inexpensive and delivered on time." > > > [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: SOT: PDF's forms being auto-filled by CFMX
Hey Stephen! Thanks so much for your reply. I am thinking it is an Adobe problem I am having. I can't get the PDF to open up in the browser. Instead, it opens Acrobat the program and gives me that "file does not exist" error. I edited the Acrobat and Reader preferences to "Display document in browser" but still no luck. I tried it on a machine that has Reader only, but it still is opening the Reader program and trying to load the PDF. If you have any ideas I'd appreciate it. Thanks again! Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer The Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Dayton, OH 45404 937-641-4293 http://www.childrensdayton.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is inexpensive and delivered on time." >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/11/2004 5:06:10 PM >>> > Does anyone know of there are any things that have come up in MX > that would disallow auto-filling PDF forms? Not exactly sure what problem you're having but I've handled this using CFMX 6.1 (and earlier) using CFCONTENT _and_ CFHEADER as follows: TEMPLATE="myfdfname.fdf"> Your FDF file needs to point to the actual PDF file which corresponds to its contents. HTH, Stephen > I did the tutorial here: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg32040.html > > And everything was gravy until I got to the part where the PDF is > supposed to load in Acrobat. I get an error that says "There was an > error opening the docuement. The file does not exist." > > Well, I uploaded the PDF and FDF files to my server, etc. The > example tutorial uses the CFCONTENT tag, which I am not all that > familiar with. > > Is is possible that there is something in CF causing the file not to > be recognized? > > It's the only thing I can think of besides the fact that Acrobat > Reader isn't opening within the confines fo the browser, but is > opening itself up in a new window. I've tried on a few different > machines with the same result. > > Any help is greatly appreciated, as always. > > > > Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer > The Children's Medical Center > One Children's Plaza > Dayton, OH 45404 > 937-641-4293 > > http://www.childrensdayton.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is > inexpensive and delivered on time." > > > [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: SOT: PDF's forms being auto-filled by CFMX
> Hey Stephen! Thanks so much for your reply. I am thinking it is an > Adobe problem I am having. I can't get the PDF to open up in the > browser. Instead, it opens Acrobat the program and gives me that > "file does not exist" error. > > I edited the Acrobat and Reader preferences to "Display document in > browser" but still no luck. > > I tried it on a machine that has Reader only, but it still is > opening the Reader program and trying to load the PDF. If you have > any ideas I'd appreciate it. There are all kinds of problems I've run into trying to implement this type of solution. What platform, browser version, acrobat and/or reader version (note that it's quite possible to have more than one version of reader installed and it may not be obvious at first which version is being used to open the file.) What happens when you try to open a PDF file from a link with your browser as opposed to an FDF? What happens when you try to open a PDF file with your browser from your local file system? Some general problems I've seen that may not be pertinent to your case: This seems to work less reliably on Macs for some reason. Versions of reader older than 5 seem to have some problems with PDFs with dynamic form fields. This may be somewhat OT so feel free to contact me off-list if you'd like; I'd be glad to try to help if I can. Regards, Stephen [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
