[thelist] create PDF "template" and insert vars

[sbeam]

On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:05 am, you wrote:
> I've had good luck with the activePDF Toolkit from ActivePDF.
> 
> http://www.activepdf.com/products/serverproducts/toolkit/index.cfm
> 
> The basic solution is this:
> 
> 1.  You create your PDF using Acrobat and include fill-out form fields 
in
> all the places you want the "tokens"
> 2.  Save the PDF to the server somewhere.
> 3.  Use the toolkit to "fill in" the fields and create a final PDF 
file.
> 4.  Issue the completed PDF to the client.
> 
> At $399 this toolkit is a bit expensive, imo, but it's simple to work 
with.
> I'm sure there are other solutions out there for less money.  I'd 
suggest a
> quick scan of sourceforge.net now that you know some of the 
terminology.

Thanks for the links. I keep thinking of PDFs as an being more hackable 
then they are it seems. Looks like we will be going with some kind of 
commercial solution where you can insert data via FDF into the PDF form 
fields. 

cheers.

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