Something i have been playing around with and that is somewhat hot on the Lasso
list is producing PDFs through a database, and the discussion has been going
from FileMaker plug-ins to PHP to FDF (forms data format by Adobe, the dev kit
comes w/ acrobat 4.0). my best guess is that the FDF will work the best, since
it grabs data in a database or even through URL-passed parameters. the data
inside a PDF is somewhat like a markup language, but a bit more cryptic. you
can set up fields and such in the page and draw data from a variety of sources.
i'm still not too up-to-date on the specifics, but a good look on the adobe
site will reveal many resources!
chris
On Thursday, July 6, 2000, Thomas Biedorf <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On a Mac or on a Web server? On a Mac, I know "PrintToPDF", version
>> 1.5.x; I have no idea about doing the same on a web server.
>
>Just a theroretical guess:
>
>I was able to print some PostScript Files to a Laserprinter with AppleScript
>(as an .acgi), while changing some content within the PS-File. If you choose
>the PDF-Printing-Driver, which is not as good as using Acrobat Exchange, and
>a PostScript-File in which you change the variable content, there should be
>a way to produce PDF's on the fly (besides, the AppleScript was not very
>fast at all..).
>
>I do not know, how variable the PDF's should be, please provide more infos
>about that.
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