[thelist] create PDF "template" and insert vars
Joshua Olson
joshua at waetech.com
Wed Jan 5 10:05:33 CST 2005
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Beam
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:08 AM
>
> We have what seems like a fairly simple and common
> requirement - create
> a PDF template that has some tokens in it, replace those
> tokens on the
> fly with values from a DB and return a new file. This is for
> a shipping
> label - so the template looks something like this, only nicer:
Sam,
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.
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Joshua Olson
Web Application Engineer
WAE Tech Inc.
http://www.waetech.com/service_areas/
706.210.0168
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