[dba-VB] Save database data in PDF

Jim DeMarco Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org
Wed Mar 24 14:14:18 CST 2004


Thanks Seth.

So using the full version of Acrobat we can print to the Distiller (I believe we have v5).  Do you know if we can do this programatically?  I thought there might be an SDK that we could use.  I know we did when implementing the FDF.

Jim DeMarco

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Galitzer [mailto:sgsax at ksu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:11 PM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Save database data in PDF


Jim,

What you need is something that will generate a pdf file.  Acrobat
Reader won't do that.  You (and your clients) can either buy the full
version of Acrobat, or a third-party PDF printing tool.  Basically, once
you open your fdf/pdf files in Acrobat, you turn right around a print
from Acrobat to a PDF file using Distiller or something like it.  A
quick Google search on "print pdf" should give you several options for
third-party tools.

Seth

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 14:04, Jim DeMarco wrote:
> List,
> 
> Haven't seen much action here lately so hopefully someone's "listening".
> 
> We have an app that allows users to display and print database data using Acrobat Reader (using an FDF file to hold the db data in an electronic version of a paper application form).  We now have a need to integrate any older electronic data with our archived applications (scanned paper images) so we decided to create and save them as PDFs.  My question is how to save the data filled applications in PDF format?  Is there a tool that can perform a "Save As" on an FDF filled with data?  We have the Adobe forms SDK but my developer tells me it can't save the files as PDF.  Some other option maybe?  I called Adobe but tech support pawned me off on customer service who kept trying to sell me Acrobat 6.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Jim DeMarco
> Director Application Development
> Hudson Health Plan
> T   914.631.1611  x2309
> 
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Seth Galitzer			sgsax at ksu.edu
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Dept. of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University

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