Well, I've done a lot of thinking about this issue over the years, and I've come to the conclusion that it is very hard to integrate with PDF via Acrobat. Adobe has done a good job of emasculating the APIs so you can get close but not exactly where you want to get.
So there are two alternatives. 1. Generate pdfs on the server from some source document that gets built from your form. This can use any of the perl modules that involve ps2pdf: Word to ps, HTML to ps, Excel to ps, etc. While I've explored these avenues, I haven't actually implemented a system using these. 2. Build HTML or XHTML (my preference) with CSS2 styles to control accurate display on print and screen. This works for me, and is easier to integrate with web apps. The advantage is that once you get your page looking the way you want it via CSS2, you can use your Witango bag of tricks to build the output. >I have asked this before, but am still having a devil of a time >trying to figure out how to get started. > >I would like to take pre-existing PDF files of, let's say. business >cards ot letterheads, with the art already in the PDF file, and have >the user fill out an HTML form to input name, address, etc. > >The PDF would need to have font info embedded and be tighty controled >by character length, etc (I could do this in the form). > >I was all over google trying to find exactly how to do this. I found >some very primitive stuff written in ASP and also found some programs >related to "html2pdf". Has anyone done this with Witango? Any >examples or info on what I need to get started? This is not for >commercial use but internal. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks >-- >________________________________________________________________________ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > Bill Conlon To the Point 345 California Avenue Suite 2 Palo Alto, CA 94306 office: 650.327.2175 fax: 650.329.8335 mobile: 650.906.9929 e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.tothept.com ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
