How to use PHP to fill in existing pdf document
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From: listread on 1 May 2010 23:36 Yes, I've looked hard at fdpf and see how it is used to generate a new pdf, but I need to simply fill in the form fields in an existing pdf. If it can do that, I'm not finding the feature.... Thanks, - Ron On 5/1/2010 7:43 PM, Gary wrote: > "listread"<listread(a)cze.com> wrote in message > news:4BDC9CED.3060601(a)cze.com... > >> Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes the part >> I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. >> >> It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an existing form, >> but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the server's >> printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could then >> convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to print to >> the server's printer... >> >> - Ron >> >> On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: >> >>> I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first ask user >>> to >>> fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? >>> >>> >>> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5078 (20100501) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> > Ron > > Take a peek at this > > http://fpdf.org/ > > Writing to a pdf from php is very cumbersome, this seems to take some of the > sting out. > > Gary > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5078 (20100501) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > >
From: Karl DeSaulniers on 2 May 2010 01:18 Hi Ron, I have done this once before and what I had to do was let the user download the pdf that had the fields in it, they fill in the fields and email the pdf back, right from acrobat. In the pdf, you set the fields to lock after they finish and submit. You can also have them sign the document virtually then lock the whole document. Then you set it up to email the pdf back to you. They will need a email program for this on their computer of course. Like Eudora or Mail or Outlook. You can put a notice link in the PDF to an upload form on your site if they do not have a mail program. You will need Acrobat Professional to do this though. There may be another one I don't know of. HTH, Karl On May 1, 2010, at 10:36 PM, listread wrote: > Yes, I've looked hard at fdpf and see how it is used to generate a > new pdf, but I need to simply fill in the form fields in an > existing pdf. If it can do that, I'm not finding the feature.... > > Thanks, > > - Ron > > On 5/1/2010 7:43 PM, Gary wrote: >> "listread"<listread(a)cze.com> wrote in message >> news:4BDC9CED.3060601(a)cze.com... >> >>> Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes >>> the part >>> I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. >>> >>> It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an >>> existing form, >>> but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the >>> server's >>> printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could then >>> convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to >>> print to >>> the server's printer... >>> >>> - Ron >>> >>> On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: >>> >>>> I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first >>>> ask user >>>> to >>>> fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>> signature database 5078 (20100501) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Ron >> >> Take a peek at this >> >> http://fpdf.org/ >> >> Writing to a pdf from php is very cumbersome, this seems to take >> some of the >> sting out. >> >> Gary >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5078 (20100501) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com
From: Karl DeSaulniers on 2 May 2010 01:25 Just a thought, You may be able to instead of having them download, just display it as a html page and the fields will be there, then attach a PHP mail script to it somehow with a macro or something to that effect. Have it call on this php script to send the message and/or store in the database. The php script will have to be attached to the basic pdf before its uploaded, but I think that is possible. Might be worth some investigating. Doesn't seem to difficult. Karl On May 2, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Hi Ron, > I have done this once before and what I had to do was let the user > download the pdf that had the fields in it, they fill in the fields > and email the pdf back, right from acrobat. > In the pdf, you set the fields to lock after they finish and > submit. You can also have them sign the document virtually then > lock the whole document. > Then you set it up to email the pdf back to you. They will need a > email program for this on their computer of course. Like Eudora or > Mail or Outlook. > You can put a notice link in the PDF to an upload form on your site > if they do not have a mail program. > > You will need Acrobat Professional to do this though. There may be > another one I don't know of. > HTH, > > Karl > > > On May 1, 2010, at 10:36 PM, listread wrote: > >> Yes, I've looked hard at fdpf and see how it is used to generate a >> new pdf, but I need to simply fill in the form fields in an >> existing pdf. If it can do that, I'm not finding the feature.... >> >> Thanks, >> >> - Ron >> >> On 5/1/2010 7:43 PM, Gary wrote: >>> "listread"<listread(a)cze.com> wrote in message >>> news:4BDC9CED.3060601(a)cze.com... >>> >>>> Yes, we can first ask the user to fill in a form, but then comes >>>> the part >>>> I don't understand - how to covert it to pdf. >>>> >>>> It would be best if we could just fill in the fields on an >>>> existing form, >>>> but it would also work to print the printer friendly form to the >>>> server's >>>> printer queue, which could really be a postscript file we could >>>> then >>>> convert to pdf. In that case, I need to learn how to get PHP to >>>> print to >>>> the server's printer... >>>> >>>> - Ron >>>> >>>> On 5/1/2010 7:53 AM, nagendra prasad wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am not sure if this works for your project but you can first >>>>> ask user >>>>> to >>>>> fill the form in PHP and then convert it into PDF. What say? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>>> signature database 5078 (20100501) __________ >>>> >>>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>>> >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Ron >>> >>> Take a peek at this >>> >>> http://fpdf.org/ >>> >>> Writing to a pdf from php is very cumbersome, this seems to take >>> some of the >>> sting out. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>> signature database 5078 (20100501) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com
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