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Mike I posted a similar problem the other day. With FDF, you can only save a data file. The PDF template (the 'Form' as they call it) remains blank. It will get populated if you double click on the FDF. It merges and displays the result. You can then save the PDF. Not that this is all interactive. I have not been able to find a way to do it programatically. Acrobat is not meant to act as a server, and I have been told that the license prohibits using it that way. I have not verified the license part. There are 2 solutions I have found that will merge the 2 files. Appligent and ActivePDF. If you are doing this all on one server, the price is reasonable. If you are building a product, bad news. There are 2 other approaches that I have come across, thanks largely in part to people who have responded to me on this list Alternate Approach #1. Have the FDF link to a form that is available on the internet. I think this has a limitation that the user could only view the FDF while he is connected. I need to play with that a little more to be sure. Alternate Approach #2. Create the document in some other application (Word, Crystal Reports, Notepad :-) ) and then use Distiller or some other Print-->PDF tool to create a PDF. There is a product named PDF995 that does this. This cost $9.95. Hence the name. The more people I talk to, the less I feel comfortable basing my functionality on the FDF api. Just my opinion. Hope this helped. It took me a week to get to this point. Hopefully you asked for help quicker than I did. Greg McFarlane 832-526-4915 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: [PDF-Forms] dynamically creating pdf documents .net > > PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Hi all > > I am trying to dynamically fill in the text box of my pdf template from > a web application. > > I am able to create the document and view it. However, when I save the > pdf to the local machine I do not see the values I inserted in my > template. It tells me that I need the full adobe sdk. Does any one know > how I can save this doc? > > Or if there is another way of creating dynamic pdf documents. The > problem I have is that I can use the full adobe sdk to create the doc an > the server side. But when the user saves the doc he should be able to > view the generated doc with the pdf reader. > > I am usig vb.net and fdftoolkit > > Thanks > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html > > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
