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Topic: Page Open Event
Conf: (P-PDF) JavaScript, Msg: 27121
From: george
Date: 9/12/2001 06:43 PM
>> I do not like the fact that the process to add
>> templates is based upon Browser code.
>
> i.e., I would rather do the processing server side
> within the creation of the fdf.
You can do that. One problem with using a template-based FDF to create a PDF is the resulting document does not have security settings, and large documents or documents with many fields/spawned templates can take a while to be generated.
> Would you recommend for a development tool for
> accomplishing the above; Visual Interdev, FrontPage,
> VisualBasic for Applications?
You can use just the Windows Scripting Host (WSH) and use VBScript or JScript. You can also use VBA (in Word, Excel, etc.) to create an FDF using the FDF Toolkit, or move up to Visual Basic. But the first suggestion is just fine, and free. If you'd like a sample VBS or JS file that you can use with the WSH to generate a template-based FDF, I'd be happy to make one available.
> Other than the FDF Toolkit are there any other
> resources that you would recommend to get started?
The Acrobat Developer FAQ (part of the Acrobat SDK) has a bit of information, and there may be some archived here. Still, the most helpful resource is the FDF Toolkit documentation.
George
