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How to create a dynamically generated presentation?

bwente
Registered: Sep 30 2010
Posts: 3

I want to create a custom presentation for sales people to present to clients. What is the best approach? I created some product pages and an interface page for them to check off on a form with pages they want in their presentation. I am using hidden template pages and then when they click submit it spawns pages from the items checked. The idea then is to create a copy and delete the interface pages from the new document. I also want to update current rate information from an web service.
 
The managers only have access to reader software.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3, Windows
UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
Reader can't create new PDFs, or modify existing ones beyond the permissions assigned in Acrobat (filling in forms, commenting, copying text, etc.)
bwente
Registered: Sep 30 2010
Posts: 3
Actually that hasn't been the biggest problem. I have set the permissions to allow them to fill out forms and I have a script that prints the pdf to another pdf.

var pp = this.getPrintParams();
pp.firstPage = 1;
pp.interactive = pp.constants.interactionLevel.automatic;
pp.printerName = "Adobe PDF";
this.print(pp);



UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
You're assuming they have the Adobe PDF printer installed (Distiller) - which is only available if they have Acrobat.
bwente
Registered: Sep 30 2010
Posts: 3
In our corporate environment, the manager's machine will have a virtual printer (Acorbat PDF) configured.

I am going to have about 50 template pages and use javascript to spawn them. Fortunately the user will not have the rights to save the original document. But I do have a problem with them click the submit multiple times and spawning more pages.
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Quote:
...a virtual printer (Acrobat PDF)configured.
eye brow raised
On the individual's local machine?
If so, y'all may be in vioation of Adobe's Acrobat EULA.
Typically, an installed license of Acrobat is called for in order to have the Adobe PDF "printer" installed.
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