Currently I use Distiller 8.2.5 to convert a hand-coded PostScript program to PDF. However, this version of Distiller seemingly does not allow the creation of a form using pdfmark.
Does the new Acrobat Professional allow, within PostScript, the creation of forms, whether using pdfmark or by other means?
Thank you.
Forms from PostScript, presumably using pdfmark
2010-11-01 09:38:20
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro
Acrobat Pro
2010-11-04 12:18:47
#1
It seems that Leonard Rosenthol's Blog: Why "refrying" a PDF is evil! answers the question, in the negative.
2010-11-04 14:15:14
#2
Have you ever been able to create a PDF form by distilling a PostScript file that includes the necessary pdfmarks? If it doesn't work, there may be something wrong with your code.
FWIW, I don't believe the blog posting you mentioned has anything to do with your problem.
FWIW, I don't believe the blog posting you mentioned has anything to do with your problem.
2010-11-04 14:50:59
#3
The problem isn't that form-making pdfmarks haven't worked. The problem is that, as best I could determine, the pdfmark of the previous version of Distiller included no such functionality. Maybe the new distiller does. Maybe?
2010-11-04 15:01:36
#4
It's worked with Distiller since forms were introduced with Acrobat 3.
2010-11-04 15:18:03
#5
I don't mean a PostScript 'execform' form. I mean a PDF form: numbers entered into several ‘cells’, and another ‘cell’ is instructed to be the total of the other cells’ contents.
If that is what you mean, please give sample code.
If that is what you mean, please give sample code.
2010-11-04 15:28:30
#6
Yes, I thought so. Have you read through the pdfmark documentation?
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/pdfmark_Examples.67.4.php
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/pdfmark_Examples.67.4.php
2010-11-04 15:45:16
#7
Ahh, I had the Technical Note #5150 Version : Acrobat 5.0. Presumably that’s old and past it.
Please, are you will to save me a load of confusion? Can you make the pdfmarks for two numeric data-entry boxes, entries centred vertically and horizontally, with any sensible (default) font, the total of which appears in a third place?
Please, are you will to save me a load of confusion? Can you make the pdfmarks for two numeric data-entry boxes, entries centred vertically and horizontally, with any sensible (default) font, the total of which appears in a third place?
2010-11-04 15:46:33
#8
It's been years since if done anything with pdfmarks, and when I did it was to embed in other documents (e.g., Word), as opposed to programming in PostScript. But it should help to know that it's possible.
This is the best resource I know of, though from a TeX perspective: http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/acrotex.php#technical
This is the best resource I know of, though from a TeX perspective: http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/acrotex.php#technical
2010-11-04 15:49:39
#9
And this in particular should be helpful: http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/tutorial/pdfmarks/forms.pdf
2010-11-04 15:55:38
#10
Thank you. I hope you’re correct, but I’m going to have to peer through this tomorrow.
2010-11-05 10:47:48
#11
Here is the pdfmark Reference for version 9. It has an example of of how to setup the forms pdfmark suite. The example does have a problem with the JavaScirpt formatting funciton, but you can comment the 2 lines out and and create a PDF.
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http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdfmarkReference_v9.pdf
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http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdfmarkReference_v9.pdf