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General question about DB's and Adobe Acrobat

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2008-12-22 07:50:35
khovanes
Registered: Dec 22 2008
Posts: 3

Sorry for the general posting... but I was not sure where to look... and I've been searching all over google for a lead... and it was to here...

I would like to populate a PDF with data from a database (either SQL Server or MySQL). I have a form with, say, 100 fields... these fields relate directly to columns in a database I already have populated with around 10,000 records. What I would like to be able to do is, when editing a record (in an application), add a button the the app, and trigger a dump of the current row to a pdf form, which would print.

What product should I use for this?

Thanks,

Ken

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2008-12-22 15:35:54
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Quote:
populate a PDF with data from a database
Try a "Search Forums" with Keyword search = "database pdf" & author = "thomp"
Thom Parker has a number of posts that may be useful.
As you would be putting data into the PDF you'll have to decide which forms method to use for your PDFs
(Forms: LiveCycle or Forms: Acrobat) as I believe this can make a difference in the "how-to".

Be well...

Be well...

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2009-01-07 08:24:41
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Here is a link to several examples of [url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/designer_scripting_samples.php]Working with data sources and schemas[/url] with forms developed in LiveCycle Designer.

If you're using Acrobat, check out [url=http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=333472]ADBC (Acrobat Database Connectivity)[/url]. This is disabled by default but can be useful in limited desktop applications.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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