Re: PDF Documents

PHP has great pdf generating libraries as well.


Thanks
Bryce Martin
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Note that the ability to save the filled in form locally using reader
is a relatively recent enhancement.

But that printing or submitting the data electronically has always
been supported.

Len, contact the vendor whose software you use now, see if they can be
of any help. If not, you might find one of the smaller vendors, Brad
Stone for instance, who may be interested in the challenge.

Lastly, if you decide to generate the PDF directly, Java would
probably be your best bet, given the iText library. Here's a link to
an article discussing how to use iText to create fillable forms...
http://segraves.tripod.com/index4.htm

HTH,
Charles


On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Reader/9.0/content.html#heading1.2

HTH,
Charles

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Rob,

You're incorrect. The free PDF reader can be used to fill in and
print/submit PDF forms. That doesn't count as editing.

Charles

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:30 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Len,

The problem is editing PDF documents. Adobe gives away a free PDF

reader.

Getting to edit it costs $. Heck, I can't even do that. So all your
customers would need a PDF editor. A better choice might be to create
Word documents. The odds of users being able to edit that increases
dramatically. I wouldn't go with the latest version of Word. A lot

of

installations are still running XP so some version of Word running on

that

might be better. The problem is that everybody and their brother as a

PDF

generator from the i. A nice fill in Word document isn't quite so

common.

Another option is just send them a link to a website. And have them

enter

the data there.


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From: "Len Grieco" <l_grieco@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"

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Date: 11/17/2010 08:24 AM
Subject: RE: PDF Documents
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I would need to have this on my end before I send the documents. Many
many customers!

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Kingsley
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:02 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: PDF Documents

Are you talking on your end before you send it or after you
have sent it to your customer.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Len Grieco
<l_grieco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greetings,

We have a couple of applications that generate spooled

files on a 520

box
w/v6r1 and a 3rd party solution that will email/fax the

documents to

our customers in PDF format. Our customers want to be

able to edit

the PDF and send it back to us without having to print

the document

out. Can anyone offer any suggestions and/or point me

towards the

right direction as how I may do this using our existing process.

Thank you

***************************************
Len Grieco
iSeries/LANSA Programmer

William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
1285 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14209
Phone (716) 882-2600 Ext. 131
Fax (716) 883-8100
l_grieco@xxxxxxxxxx

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