Re: Dynamic PDFs?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I am very interested in your solution. Michael Quattrone On Aug 3, 2004, at 5:22 PM, Jay Van Vark wrote: > Just a quick description for anyone interested in what my stuff does... > > It creates another PDF using the source PDF as the "sheet of paper". > You can place anything you like on top of it... I have an approach > that makes it simple to lay data elements on top of the form from a > database. I have recently extended it to handle wrapping text etc. Ie > if you can imagine typing with an old typewriter into your PDF form -- > my stuff will work. Fast and flexible. Works with binary PDFs as well, > so you don't have to be the creator of the PDF and you can swap the > source pdf with changes in seconds without having to start the WebDNA > coding all over again... > > Contact me off list if you are interested in the solution... > > Thanks John for letting people know about my solution..!! > > On Aug 3, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Alex, that is my thinking exactly. Conceptually, it seems like a >> breeze, but in practice, I see that I will need to interact with >> Distiller (or some server-side PDF-manipulating equivalent) >> somehow.... I imagine that a raw .pdf file is some sort of postscript >> file or whatever, and, along those lines, it seems as if I could >> create a PDF template file that I like, then dynamically populate >> some [variables] into the correct places within the PDF/postscript >> code, then somehow compile all of that into a 'blessed' format that >> Acrobat likes and will display. Ideally, I'd like to be able to >> interact with this fantasy widget like ImageMagick... ok enough >> rambling from me for now. I'll chase down Jay Van Vark and any other >> options I find and keep you/the list posted. Feel free to contact me >> directly in September if I get lazy on updates :) >> -Dan >> >> >> On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:07:24 -0400 >> Alex McCombie
wrote: >>> On 8/3/04 1:02 PM, "Dan Strong" wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/27f9a.htm <-- Great info >>>> Basically, it looks like there is a file format called FDF that is >>>> simply a >>>> text file (database...) that can be written in a specific format >>>> for parsing by an >>>> exisiting PDF file (form) >>>> ... I'm good up to this point... now onto the hard part :) Oh, btw, >>>> sorry for >>>> the rambling, but >>>> someone may find this useful when searching the archives. >>>> -Dan >>> Dan, >>> Let me know how this works for you. Its something that we may have >>> to deal >>> with come sept-oct. >>> >>> Basically it says that the FDF file can be 'sent' somewhere and be >>> re-imported into a PDF document that contains the same form fields. >>> >>> So this being said, I could see a pdf doc waiting on the server and >>> the >>> WEBDNA form creating a FDF file in the proper format... Then when >>> you send >>> them to the PDF doc it imports the DATA into the proper location. >>> >>> To avoid the sharing of data issue that comes from this, I would say >>> that >>> the FDF would probably need to be named with a cart number. If it >>> cant have >>> a different name you could overcome it by creating a CART Dir and >>> call the >>> fdf from there or something. >>> >>> I didn't have too much time to look at it right now but it seems >>> like the >>> potential answer you seek is definitely there. >>> >>> AJM >>> >>> Alex J McCombie New World >>> Media >>> Chief Information Officer Box >>> 124 >>> 888/892.6379 MartVille, NY >>> 13111 >>> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com >>> http://OurClients.com >>> >>> Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database >>> Designer >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> > > Jay Van Vark > 'Guiding Positive Change in High-Tech Companies' > voice (858) 229-3102 > efax (801) 659-7952 > > http://www.VanVark.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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I am very interested in your solution. Michael Quattrone On Aug 3, 2004, at 5:22 PM, Jay Van Vark wrote: > Just a quick description for anyone interested in what my stuff does... > > It creates another PDF using the source PDF as the "sheet of paper". > You can place anything you like on top of it... I have an approach > that makes it simple to lay data elements on top of the form from a > database. I have recently extended it to handle wrapping text etc. Ie > if you can imagine typing with an old typewriter into your PDF form -- > my stuff will work. Fast and flexible. Works with binary PDFs as well, > so you don't have to be the creator of the PDF and you can swap the > source pdf with changes in seconds without having to start the WebDNA > coding all over again... > > Contact me off list if you are interested in the solution... > > Thanks John for letting people know about my solution..!! > > On Aug 3, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Alex, that is my thinking exactly. Conceptually, it seems like a >> breeze, but in practice, I see that I will need to interact with >> Distiller (or some server-side PDF-manipulating equivalent) >> somehow.... I imagine that a raw .pdf file is some sort of postscript >> file or whatever, and, along those lines, it seems as if I could >> create a PDF template file that I like, then dynamically populate >> some [variables] into the correct places within the PDF/postscript >> code, then somehow compile all of that into a 'blessed' format that >> Acrobat likes and will display. Ideally, I'd like to be able to >> interact with this fantasy widget like ImageMagick... ok enough >> rambling from me for now. I'll chase down Jay Van Vark and any other >> options I find and keep you/the list posted. Feel free to contact me >> directly in September if I get lazy on updates :) >> -Dan >> >> >> On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:07:24 -0400 >> Alex McCombie wrote: >>> On 8/3/04 1:02 PM, "Dan Strong" wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/27f9a.htm <-- Great info >>>> Basically, it looks like there is a file format called FDF that is >>>> simply a >>>> text file (database...) that can be written in a specific format >>>> for parsing by an >>>> exisiting PDF file (form) >>>> ... I'm good up to this point... now onto the hard part :) Oh, btw, >>>> sorry for >>>> the rambling, but >>>> someone may find this useful when searching the archives. >>>> -Dan >>> Dan, >>> Let me know how this works for you. Its something that we may have >>> to deal >>> with come sept-oct. >>> >>> Basically it says that the FDF file can be 'sent' somewhere and be >>> re-imported into a PDF document that contains the same form fields. >>> >>> So this being said, I could see a pdf doc waiting on the server and >>> the >>> WEBDNA form creating a FDF file in the proper format... Then when >>> you send >>> them to the PDF doc it imports the DATA into the proper location. >>> >>> To avoid the sharing of data issue that comes from this, I would say >>> that >>> the FDF would probably need to be named with a cart number. If it >>> cant have >>> a different name you could overcome it by creating a CART Dir and >>> call the >>> fdf from there or something. >>> >>> I didn't have too much time to look at it right now but it seems >>> like the >>> potential answer you seek is definitely there. >>> >>> AJM >>> >>> Alex J McCombie New World >>> Media >>> Chief Information Officer Box >>> 124 >>> 888/892.6379 MartVille, NY >>> 13111 >>> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com >>> http://OurClients.com >>> >>> Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database >>> Designer >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> > > Jay Van Vark > 'Guiding Positive Change in High-Tech Companies' > voice (858) 229-3102 > efax (801) 659-7952 > > http://www.VanVark.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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