PDF form with possible to save the user data

Hello everybody,

Actually, I am searching a tool to generate some pdf file. I am interesting in your tool because it works nice with PHP.

I search an exemple to generate a PDF file like this file. This file contains some fields and it's possible to save the user data directly in the file. It's exactly what I want !

Before I buy your QuickPDF, I want to verify that it's possible to generate this type of file with your tool.

Thank all.


Edited by tukutt - 17 Oct 09 at 5:03PM

Can you post here some sample code ?

Thanks

Hello,

Thank for your answer.

I'm desesperating because I can do a form (see sample code) but I don't find any function in QuickPdf to activate the mode in acrobat reader to save the date into the pdf. Have you an idea ?

// Set the paper size
$qp->SetPageSize('A4');

// Set the origin to the top-left corner
$qp->SetOrigin(1);

// Set the measurement units to millimetres
$qp->SetMeasurementUnits(1);

// Add the heading font
$qp->AddStandardFont(5);   // Helvetica bold
$qp->SetTextSize(10);
$qp->DrawText(10, 28, 'Name:');
$qp->DrawText(10, 48, 'Surname:');

// Add the font to use for the form fields
$FontID = $qp->AddStandardFont(0);   // Courier

$FieldIndex = $qp->NewFormField('Name', 1);
$qp->SetFormFieldBounds($FieldIndex, 10, 30, 50, 10);
$qp->SetNeedAppearances(0);
$qp->AddFormFont($FontID);
$qp->SetFormFieldFont($FieldIndex, $qp->GetFormFontCount);
$qp->SetFormFieldTextSize($FieldIndex, 12);
$qp->SetFormFieldBorderColor($FieldIndex, 0.5, 0, 0);
$qp->SetFormFieldBorderStyle($FieldIndex, 1, 0, 0, 0);
$qp->SetFormFieldBackgroundColor($FieldIndex, 0.8, 0.8, 0.5);
$qp->SetFormFieldValue($FieldIndex, edtName.Text);

$FieldIndex = $qp->NewFormField('Surname', 1);
$qp->SetFormFieldBounds($FieldIndex, 10, 50, 50, 10);
$qp->SetFormFieldFont($FieldIndex, $qp->GetFormFontCount);
$qp->SetFormFieldTextSize($FieldIndex, 12);
$qp->SetFormFieldBorderColor($FieldIndex, 0.5, 0, 0);
$qp->SetFormFieldBorderStyle($FieldIndex, 1, 0, 0, 0);
$qp->SetFormFieldBackgroundColor($FieldIndex, 0.8, 0.8, 0.5);
$qp->SetFormFieldValue($FieldIndex, edtSurname.Text);

$perm = $qp->EncodePermissions(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);

$result = $qp->SaveToFile($fileName);

Hi!

Like Tom told already ...
It's the money-machine for Adobe ;-)
Take Foxit ...
The problem is:
If you've filled out formfields and saved the form with Foxit
the Adobe Reader will tell you that the form isn't in the
original condition anymore - so if you're using Foxit for the form
you can't change later 'cause the internal adobe protection is
broken.

Cheers, Ingo

Hi Jordan:

Hi
In company where I work we had the similar problem.
Our wish was to enable user to fill pdf form, on save to extract data from form and save data in DB.
We couldn't use local webserver because this vailots Adobe EULA.
So we render image of  PDF form, create form with that image, and create controls for text input....
Regular user won't notice difference and our app has full control.

It's win32 app so I don't know if You can use this idea in php.

D.