Re: creating pdf's on the fly

Hello Roger,

I have not used this sort of thing myself - but there are CGI scripts (and
probably other mechanisms, like Java and COM components) which can work with
PDFs on the fly.

You might want to go to www.pdfzone.com and poke around.  My quick search
(using "CGI" as search criteria) uncovered SouperMail and txt2pdf, which
might get you going.

HTH ...

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----- Original Message -----
From: roger <magic32(at)jps.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 2:18 PM
Subject: creating pdf's on the fly


> I'm working on a web page where a teacher or parent would fill out a
simple
> online form, submit it, and the info would then be sent to a page (using
my
> very novice perl/cgi skills) which could be printed out. And so far, this
> seems like it will work ok, *but*, i was wondering if there was ANY way to
> send this to a pdf file which could be printed out EXACTLY how we'd like
it
> to appear i.e. 8.5 x 11, specific fonts/graphics etc.
>
> Any great ideas for this out there? :)
>
> Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> tia,
>
> -Roger Harness
>

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