I doubt this would fit your requirements - being a windows tool and all- but perhaps someone else will stumble over this thread...
If anyone out there is interested, there is a microsoft tool called InfoPath that does something similar to this. You build a form, it creates the database behind it automatically. Forms can then be published and permissions set. On 9/18/07, Gadi Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > > I have to admit that I have never came across the term "PDF form", and > > so I have little idea what that entails. > > > It's kind of like a regular HTML form in PDF format... it's a PDF > document with text input fields, select boxes, etc, that can either be > printed or submitted online. Don't feel bad, I also only came across > one for the first time a few months ago. > > How about storing the plain file as an open document text template with > > fields, and then using OpenOffice in automation mode to fill out the > > fields and generate the resulting PDF? > > > Thought about that, but there is alot of formatting in the documents, > designed usually in MS Word or CorelDraw... when they're opened in OO > they split over multiple pages and generally look bad... took me long > enough to convince the movement to move to PDF :) > > Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > > > You might want to look at the U.S. State Department's page for the > > form to renew a passort by mail. They have you fill out an online > > form, and them when you ok it, a PDF file is created fully filled in > > complete with a barcode containing everything in the form in a way that > > the computer can read it. > > > > It may be too sophisticated for your needs/budget, but the concepts > > will still apply. > > > Yes actually that's exactly what I'm trying to do :) thanks for finding > me an example online... > > Meir Kriheli wrote: > > > PDF has the notion of forms, FDF[1]. > > > > Linux.com published few months ago an article about pdftk[2]. In that > > article, under "Filling out forms", pdftk is used to fill the form fields. > > > > [1] http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?ContentID=6623 > > [2] http://www.linux.com/articles/53701 > > > Amazing... that's exactly the info I was looking for... thanks for > saving me alot of unecessary searching. > > Gadi > > -- > Gadi Cohen aka Kinslayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.wastelands.net > Freelance admin/coding/design HABONIM DROR linux/fantasy enthusiast > KeyID 0x93F26EF5: 256A 1FC7 AA2B 6A8F 1D9B 6A5A 4403 F34B 93F2 6EF5 > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
