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displaying an image in a form field within a PDF

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2009-09-14 06:14:17
presuhn
Registered: Sep 14 2009
Posts: 4

Here's a little summary of what I'm trying to accomplish.

I have an image stored in a MySQL database. It is a digital signature. I'm using Coldfusion 8 to query the DB and populate form fields in a PDF with this data.

Is there a way to display the image in the PDF? There is no form field to display an image that I found, and can't seem to find much else on the topic. Just wondering if this is possible?

Thanks!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1.3, Windows
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2009-09-14 06:34:25
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try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2399
The only form field that can display an image is a button. However, I'm not sure you will be able to import such an image from your DB.

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2009-09-14 06:45:15
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presuhn
Registered: Sep 14 2009
Posts: 4
yeah I kinda figured. Alternitavely, I'm wondering if there is a way to call a javascript or activex function from the PDF to decode the binary image data and display it that way?

It would be easier to use the digital signature form field(we're getting signatures off an electronic signing device, but we'd have to mess with certificates, and I don't think that's the way they want it done.
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