| RBohannon 2005-07-27, 8:25 pm |
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MLH wrote:
> In my quest to move from a state of complete ignorance to the
> next notch on my revolver, I got the following advice from the
> named writer...
>
> From: "Max Wyss" <max@prodok.com>
> To: "(P-PDF) Forms & FDF" <p-pdf-forms.136930@forum.planetpdf.com>
> Cc: "mlh" < BlahBlahBlah@MyDomai
n.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Seeking sample URL syntax for feeding FDF to PDF
>
> Have a closer look at the FDF definition in the Portable Document
> Format Reference. There is the /F key which makes the connection
> between the FDF and the Base PDF.
>
> When creating your FDF, you would then specify the URL for the Base
> PDF, and then open the FDF in the browser, which will then
> automatically (if the Acrobat browser integration is active) pull in
> the Base PDF and display the data.
> <SNIP>
>
> I think I understand the basic principal behind it now. I could have
> MS Acess 97 concatenate the needed FDF text string, saving it to
> a text variable, then write that variable's contents out to a text
> file named say "MyFDF.FDF". Then have A97 launch a session
> of IE, open the c:\MyFDF.FDF file in the browser. A properly
> formatted FDF file will tell IE the URL for the desired web-based
> form and feed that PDF form the information it needs to complete
> its FILLABLE fields. Sound about right? Anybody?
Yes. The /F key is where you want to put the filepath/filename of the
PDF document (or in your case, the URL). In my example I didn't
include a filepath, so Acrobat would look only on the same directory
that the FDF is in.
The way I did this was to write the entire FDF doc from Access. I did
that by writing a text document and saving it with the .fdf extension.
Maybe not the most elegant solution, but it works beautifully, and I
had no FDF Toolkit or other PDF tools.
To view the PDF with the fields filled in, you don't open the PDF,
rather you open the FDF, it in turn opens the PDF with the data filled
in.
Have to make this short. I'm tied up the rest of today, but I'll be
back in the office Thursday.
Randy
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