[ciapug] Re: PDF's

Wed Sep 21 14:10:42 CDT 2005

Here's what I've "discovered" so far.

-I need to use Adobe Acrobat professional to create "fillable" pdf
forms.
-I need to use to "PDF form filling and flattening tool" to fill the
forms. (http://www.pdf-tools.com/asp/products.asp?name=FF)

I think it I'll need implement it this way:

1. PHP script loads to user data from the db
2. PHP scripts passes the data on the command line to form filler
3. the user displays or downloads  the filled form...

It might just work...   Hopefully, I'll be able to get started on it mid
Oct..

:) Dave

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On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 12:23, Jennifer Harvey wrote:
> I have played a bit with a php pdf class located on sourceforge
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf-php/).  I don't know if it has what
> you are looking for, but it may be worth checking out.
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> From: Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net>
> To: PHP List <ciapug at cialug.org>
> Subject: [ciapug] PDF's
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:28:33 -0500
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> I have an application that I populate with data from a table.
> Basically,
> I read the data from a table and create an html page, then I use
> htmldoc
> to convert it into a pdf.  
> 
> I'd like to try something differant. I remember seeing something
> somewhere that allowed you to create a pdf, then populate the PDF by
> passing the data to it as parameters.
> 
> Does anyone do this?  What tools are you using?
> 
> 
> :) Dave
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: laith <laith at prestonfam.org>
> To: ciapug at cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [ciapug] PDF's
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:28:33 -0500
> 
> The only thing we are doing as far as that goes is dynamically building
> 
> the pdf with the data built in.
> 
> I am not familiar with a way to pass data into a pdf as you mention. 
> Doesn't mean you can't, I've just never heard of it.
> 
> laith
> 
> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> > I have an application that I populate with data from a table.
> Basically,
> > I read the data from a table and create an html page, then I use
> htmldoc
> > to convert it into a pdf.  
> > 
> > I'd like to try something differant. I remember seeing something
> > somewhere that allowed you to create a pdf, then populate the PDF by
> > passing the data to it as parameters.
> > 
> > Does anyone do this?  What tools are you using?
> > 
> > 
> > :) Dave
> 
> 
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> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:58:13 -0500
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net>
> To: laith at prestonfam.org, PHP List <ciapug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [ciapug] PDF's
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:28:33 -0500
> 
> That seems to be the general process. My problem is that the PDF I
> want
> to build has a level of formatting that is beyond what I can do with
> htmldoc.  
> 
> Htmldoc is really fast, and works really well, but it has limits.
> 
> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 06:50, laith wrote:
> > The only thing we are doing as far as that goes is dynamically
> building 
> > the pdf with the data built in.
> > 
> > I am not familiar with a way to pass data into a pdf as you mention.
> 
> > Doesn't mean you can't, I've just never heard of it.
> > 
> > laith
> > 
> > Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> > > I have an application that I populate with data from a table.
> Basically,
> > > I read the data from a table and create an html page, then I use
> htmldoc
> > > to convert it into a pdf.  
> > > 
> > > I'd like to try something differant. I remember seeing something
> > > somewhere that allowed you to create a pdf, then populate the PDF
> by
> > > passing the data to it as parameters.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone do this?  What tools are you using?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > :) Dave
> > 
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