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2007-03-26 12:03:02
bcousins
Registered: Mar 26 2007
Posts: 4

What is the best way to merge/flatten FDF data with a PDF template on the server with ASP.NET? We are sending FDFs back to the browser now, but would really rather have a PDF with the data already filled in on the server. I really am not crazy about integrating a third party piece of software to do this. What Adobe product would I use to do this?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-05-07 05:29:29
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DuffJohnson
Expert
Registered: May 30 2006
Posts: 96
The Adobe software you refer to is the FDF toolkit

[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/fdftoolkit.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/fdftoolkit.php[/url]

However, you should also consider:

[url=http://appligent.com/products/fdf_merge/fdf_merge.php]http://appligent.com/products/fdf_merge/fdf_merge.php[/url]

Duff Johnson
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2008-03-04 15:20:02
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Suntower
Registered: Mar 4 2008
Posts: 4
Hi,

I downloaded the FDFToolkit but darned if I can figure out how to use it to -flatten- an FDF & PDF into a new PDF.Can -someone- point me to the proper method(s) using ASP. (Yeah, I know it's a bit dated, but our sites are working just fine as is.)

Thanks in advance...

---JC
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2008-03-17 07:29:15
#3
eprangsma
Registered: Nov 22 2007
Posts: 4
Hi,

You can use PDF/Mergician for this task.
If can take FDF data (or any other data) and merge it with any PDF form.
The PDF/Mergician webservice will stream the merged (and flattened) PDF back to the client.

Kind regards,
Ewout Prangsma
www.pdfmergician.com
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2008-03-17 09:49:29
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Suntower
Registered: Mar 4 2008
Posts: 4
Thanks. Your product looks great. Unfortunately, it's licenced per server. We're looking for a single licenced product we can deploy to multiple customers.

---JC
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2008-12-12 09:21:47
#5
perreault
Registered: Dec 12 2008
Posts: 1
Don't know if you're still looking for a solution, but I just found one that looks promising. It works from a command line, so there may be a security issue. But if this works via ASP, it will be worth the risk for me. (on our system it would only be accessible by subscribing paid members who have to log in to get to it).

Anyway, the solutiuon I found is actually open source. (I still don't understand why so many companies charge *so much* for their software.)

This solution can be found at

http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk

So far I have only tried it from a command line and it did work that way. I'm now off to modify my code to save the FDF to disk then to run this command line and see what happens.

--Doug
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