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[tedd]

At 11:20 AM -0400 7/19/07, Nicholas Hart wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>I am looking for the easiest way to put an existing form (PDF) on 
>the web for very non-tech users to fill out.  Currently we have a 
>form that is downloaded as a PDF and mailed back to us.  I need to 
>make the online version as similar as possible to filling out the 
>existing form so our users don't get confused.  For the final 
>submit, the data will be saved to our DB and the full form will be 
>printed as a PDF for the users records.
>
>The way I see it there are two parts to this process:
>1. Filling in the form:
>I have taken a Word.doc version of this PDF form and saved it as 
>HTML.  I don't know if I can trust this layout for all browser and 
>OS versions.  Are there better ways to convert word to html?  How do 
>other sites handle this?
>
>2. Saving data and printing filled out PDF for user records:
>Is there a php library that allows me to place fields in an existing 
>PDF which does not have any embedded field names?  This would allow 
>users to save the completed PDF to their hard drives which would be 
>helpful.
>
>If anyone has any thoughts, suggestions or references to existing 
>sites, it would be much appreciated.  I'm looking to get started on 
>the right foot with this.  Thanks.
>
>Regards,
>Nicholas Hart

Nicholas:

You might try something like this:

http://www.sperling.com/a/pdf/

That's all done with free pdf stuff( i.e., FPDF).

Cheers,

tedd
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