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Variable Data Printing

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2007-05-02 02:02:16
pff2007
Registered: May 2 2007
Posts: 2

I work for a youth sports organization which has to generate score sheets for each scheduled game on a weekly basis. At the moment, it is a tedious manual process, employing the export of csv values, importation into excel, and mail-merge in ms word.
 
Is there a way to automate this process using Acrobat forms? The data resides in a mysql database, and I would love to be able to create these game sheets (150+ per week) automatically.
 
Thanks,
John

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Macintosh
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2007-05-02 10:22:26
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Yes, it's possible to do this and not break Acrobat's EULA by using the ADBC object in Acrobat JavaScript. This is not a very long script, but it's not trivial to get it working right either. You'll need Acrobat Pro 6 or later.

Since you are doing this task so frequently you should consider third party options for generating PDF directly from VB.

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