Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160)
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texte = Hi Bob thanks for your thoughts on the webdna list. Do you have time if I farm out some of my income stream for this project to you if we can get something working right away.. I don't have time to learn something(s) all new from scratch.. I want to hack something working. I am not running the server.. and there are holes in my understanding .. but I am sharp and motivated.. just behind the curve. I have never used any of the tools people mentioned on the webdna list as their working pdf solutions. Knowing what you know, what do you think is the simplest/fastest/ cheapest method for me to get a variable-length pdf template formatted exactly for Avery 5160 labels? I assume what I need to do is create a pdf template form that is the avery labels 5160 format and then use something to populate it on the fly.. like FDF/pdftk. Did you use pdftk to stuff the FDF data/file into your pdf template? Or what do you use to stick the FDF data into the pdf template? Can the pdf template allow for variable-length (i.e. a final pdf file that is [n] pages long)? How would you generate the pdf template? Would the template need to be pure ascii? Is it possible to tell a static pdf template to be [n] pages long? etc. -Govinda On Mar 16, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Bob Minor wrote: > btw wkpdf uses webkit and its converts css well. So you can easily > build a nice html document using css and have wkpdf convert it to > pdf for you. > > On Mar 16, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Bob Minor wrote: > >> we use a few different tools for pdf on the fly >> >> htmldocs and wkpdf for html to pdf conversions, each has their >> drawbacks and benefits. >> >> for form integration with pdf we use pdftk, this lets you plug >> values into an existing pdf form. >> >> >> On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: >> >>> Govinda wrote: >>> [snip] >>>> What are people doing to write pdfs on the fly? PHP? Or any >>>> good (easy to instal/run) freeware/shareware out there. >>>> All we need is Avery label #5160 dynamic pdfs, populated with our >>>> webdna db data. >>>> -Govinda ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com
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Hi Bob thanks for your thoughts on the webdna list. Do you have time if I farm out some of my income stream for this project to you if we can get something working right away.. I don't have time to learn something(s) all new from scratch.. I want to hack something working. I am not running the server.. and there are holes in my understanding .. but I am sharp and motivated.. just behind the curve. I have never used any of the tools people mentioned on the webdna list as their working pdf solutions. Knowing what you know, what do you think is the simplest/fastest/ cheapest method for me to get a variable-length pdf template formatted exactly for Avery 5160 labels? I assume what I need to do is create a pdf template form that is the avery labels 5160 format and then use something to populate it on the fly.. like FDF/pdftk. Did you use pdftk to stuff the FDF data/file into your pdf template? Or what do you use to stick the FDF data into the pdf template? Can the pdf template allow for variable-length (i.e. a final pdf file that is [n] pages long)? How would you generate the pdf template? Would the template need to be pure ascii? Is it possible to tell a static pdf template to be [n] pages long? etc. -Govinda On Mar 16, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Bob Minor wrote: > btw wkpdf uses webkit and its converts css well. So you can easily > build a nice html document using css and have wkpdf convert it to > pdf for you. > > On Mar 16, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Bob Minor wrote: > >> we use a few different tools for pdf on the fly >> >> htmldocs and wkpdf for html to pdf conversions, each has their >> drawbacks and benefits. >> >> for form integration with pdf we use pdftk, this lets you plug >> values into an existing pdf form. >> >> >> On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: >> >>> Govinda wrote: >>> [snip] >>>> What are people doing to write pdfs on the fly? PHP? Or any >>>> good (easy to instal/run) freeware/shareware out there. >>>> All we need is Avery label #5160 dynamic pdfs, populated with our >>>> webdna db data. >>>> -Govinda ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com
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