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Web PDFs

anthonydamasco
Registered: Mar 20 2007
Posts: 2

Using MySQL PHP, or HTML, how can I insert values into blank fields on a web hosted PDF?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.1, Unix/Linux
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
There are many ways,

1. When the user clicks on the link to a pdf don't return the pdf directly, instead return a well known PDF data file type, like FDF. Acrobat will merge the data on the client side.
2. Use JavaScript in the PDF to load values using a SOAP or submitForm script. SubmitForm uses regular HTTP Request/Response. The script can be called from a button on the form, or when the form loads.
3. Use a server side data merging tool like FDFMerge from [url=http://www.appligent.com]www.appligent.com[/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script