i am attempting to fill a pdf that has fields with data submitted from
a user.
i am using pdftk but never tried to run something outside of ruby.
does anyone have any tips, or articles in regards to running an app
outside of ruby such as this to accomplish this task.
i am attempting to fill a pdf that has fields with data submitted from
a user.
i am using pdftk but never tried to run something outside of ruby.
does anyone have any tips, or articles in regards to running an app
outside of ruby such as this to accomplish this task.
the use of PDFtk requires GCJ and there seems to be some confusion in
regards to installation of this as GCC is installed on mac osx.
has anyone got pdftk to work.
i have been able to generate the FDF. there is also a note the acrobat
7 uses xml accomplish this.
suggests that you can use one of the Macintosh pre-built binaries for OS
X 10.3 or 10.4.1 or higher and not have to deal with gcj (which is
necessary to build from source).
You shouldn't need to build it from source if you don't want to.
As for FDF - you really should get the book PDF Hacks (by the author of
pdftk by the way). He fully explains PDF/FDF and many things you can do
with it. I have exchanged some e-mails with Sid (the author of PDF Hacks
and pdftk), he's really great, knowledgeable and the book is cheap.
suggests that you can use one of the Macintosh pre-built binaries for OS
X 10.3 or 10.4.1 or higher and not have to deal with gcj (which is
necessary to build from source).
criag, yes, i have been to accesspdf and read thru all the docs. i
don't understand what you mean by using the pre-built binaries.
are you saying that i can run pdftk without installing gcj.
i am installing pdftk with macports and from the readings this is
going to take a long time. i hope this works.
as i mentioned i have FDF working and it creating the text file
without problems, it's a matter of now getting pdftk to work with it.
> suggests that you can use one of the Macintosh pre-built binaries for OS
> X 10.3 or 10.4.1 or higher and not have to deal with gcj (which is
> necessary to build from source).
criag, yes, i have been to accesspdf and read thru all the docs. i
don't understand what you mean by using the pre-built binaries.
are you saying that i can run pdftk without installing gcj.
i am installing pdftk with macports and from the readings this is
going to take a long time. i hope this works.
as i mentioned i have FDF working and it creating the text file
without problems, it's a matter of now getting pdftk to work with it.