[thelist] Automatically generated PDF proof on the web

[aardvark]

yes, it can be done... i've done it with ASP, and i know pretty much all other 
languages/platforms can do it, too... the PDF Bible has some decent info to get started, and 
there are lots of resources (including MSDN) for ASP folks... it's really not as hard as you might 
think...

your form will need to manage the user's expectations about amount of text, formatting, etc... 
given the goal, you're going to need to save the PDFs you generate as well...  i don't know if 
you'll allow different images, but you'll need to account for that if you do...

if you can give us a better idea of the server/OS/language, we may be able to offer more help...

> From: Warren Wight
> 
> What he is asking from me, is a means to have the 
> customer go online, choose
> a brochure template, enter their custom 
> information into text fields in a
> form, and then submit their information.
> 
> Easy so far....but he then wants to dynamically 
> generate a pdf proof for the
> customer to view and approve online. So I need to 
> figure out how to take the
> information the customer inputs, insert this 
> information into the brochure
> they chose, with formatted text, etc., have the 
> pdf file produced and loaded
> into a browser, for the customer to proof and ok.