Re: Nitro PDF Form Element

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Dare Williams<darrenwilly@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear Forum, > > I have an already created PDF Document that has a Form Element in it that was created with > NITROPDF. But the problem is just that I need a way to pass value or populate the Document Form > Element with value store in a Session Variable before the form is displayed to user. > > There is a process that the document must follow before it is finally allowed to be display to > user. > > 1.   A default PDF design Document with Form Element on the Server. > 2.   PHP opens the document first and populate the Form Element with Session Information. > 3.   PHP Save the Document with the populated value on the Server DIR.. > 4.   PHP picks up the new filled documents and display it to the User on Browser. > > Any tips for this options. > > Williams. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > > From: Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Nitro PDF Form Element > To: "Dare Williams" <darrenwilly@yahoo.com> > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 3:21 PM > > On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 12:16 -0700, Dare Williams wrote: >> Dear Forum Experts. >> >> I have an already created PDF Document that has a Form Element in it that was created with >> NITROPDF. But the problem is just that I need a way to pass value or populate the Document Form >> Element with value store in a Session Variable before the form is displayed to user. >> >> Can you please give me a tip of Ideas. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Williams. >> >> >> >> > I think this is only possible at the time it is created, as the PDF is > entirely separate from your web page, and could very well be opened from > someones desktop. > > Thanks > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > I do something similar with the PDFs and classic ASP. I use the fdf toolkit (which i beleive is part of php) that lets you have scripting access to the pdf form fields http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/book.fdf.php -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat