I'm stuck so I'm back again - <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wallbash.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wallbash:" border="0" alt="wallbash.gif" /> <br /><br />I'm trying to find a way to dynamically create a PDF with form inputs filled out.<br /><br />There are a TON of ways to do this by creating a FDF file which fills in the PDF template. The trouble I'm having is that I don't want to pass the FDF file to the user, I want them to view a PDF file.<br /><br />I think my best bet to to find a way to do this by creating the FDF file (which I can do) than somehow flattening or merging the FDF with the original PDf to create a 'new' PDF file.<br /><br />The only way I found to do this is using a program called PDF Toolkit (PDFTK) which is a server side app. that doesn't seem to be on my hosted server. So that's pretty much out of the question.<br /><br />Any ideas or help you can offer would be much appreciated.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Steve<!--content-->
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "I don't want to pass the FDF file to the user, I want them to view a PDF file." The only way they will be able to view it is essentially that you pass it to them. <br /><br />Do you mean that you want them to open it directly in the browser, rather than saving to disk ?<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=213619:date=Sep 28 2007, 01:19 PM:name=TCH-Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TCH-Andy @ Sep 28 2007, 01:19 PM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=213619"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "I don't want to pass the FDF file to the user, I want them to view a PDF file." The only way they will be able to view it is essentially that you pass it to them. <br /><br />Do you mean that you want them to open it directly in the browser, rather than saving to disk ?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Either way. <br />What I mean is that I don't want the user to be able to see (view or edit) the FDF file. What I want the user to be able to see is a true PDF. The reason is that FDF (unlike PDF) can be opened and easily changed in any text editor.<br /><!--content-->
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "I don't want to pass the FDF file to the user, I want them to view a PDF file." The only way they will be able to view it is essentially that you pass it to them. <br /><br />Do you mean that you want them to open it directly in the browser, rather than saving to disk ?<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=213619:date=Sep 28 2007, 01:19 PM:name=TCH-Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TCH-Andy @ Sep 28 2007, 01:19 PM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=213619"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "I don't want to pass the FDF file to the user, I want them to view a PDF file." The only way they will be able to view it is essentially that you pass it to them. <br /><br />Do you mean that you want them to open it directly in the browser, rather than saving to disk ?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Either way. <br />What I mean is that I don't want the user to be able to see (view or edit) the FDF file. What I want the user to be able to see is a true PDF. The reason is that FDF (unlike PDF) can be opened and easily changed in any text editor.<br /><!--content-->