Re: Merging an ASCII format database into a PDF

Hi Jim On 6/1/07, Ross Norman <ross@northmailinc.com> wrote:

<>I have a problem that I need to find a quick solution for. I am trying to win a bid for a job that involves filling out a two sided form. I receive the files in ASCII format, and have set up a template to convert the ASCII file to the proper fixed width lengths, using FoxPro. The total amount of fields I am working with in the ASCII file is 162 different fields, totaling a combined length of 3962 characters. I would like to take the sample form I received for the job, and lay my fields to it. I have used the Adobe Form tool to place fields on the pdf where I need them, but somehow, need to convert the file to an 'fdf' format. This part, I cannot do, and have no understanding of the various languages or the working of the programs that could convert my file. I can export my file into a dbf, or tab, comma, or about any delimited type of file, or into a fixed width file. My question is, do you have any type of software capable of merging files of these types to an Adobe form? Or any type of solution that can be purchased to simplify this process with files of this kind of length? I will actually be producing nearly 80,000 duplexed forms as the final output. I'm hoping you can give me a solution, or if not, a lead in the right direction.

Heh. Where you really going to send this mail to webmaster@php.net? Thats a really weird question to ask the webmasters of php.net... Please have a look at http://php.net/support, you'll probably have more luck there than here on a mailing list dedicated to the development of the php.net website. -Hannes