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Does such a plugin for handling the marriage of rails data into existing PDF forms exist?

This would be really cool.

Craig

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Does such a plugin for handling the marriage of rails data into existing PDF forms exist?

This would be really cool.

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Hi Craig,

Take a look at http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoGeneratePDFs or

Google rails pdf writer

Best regards, Bill

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PDF Writer can't do that as far as I can tell...I've been through it and trust me, I've googled my little ears off. Finally found what I wanted at rubyforge.org

What I did find that worked was pdf-stamper gem (uses the Ruby Java Bridge) which has remarkably sparse documentation but I actually got it to work (YEAH!) but the link in the middle of the page (PDF Form Fill) that does it without java might even be better (or worse...)

Thanks, I don't generally look at wiki.rubyonrails.org because past disrepair has been disconcerting.

Craig

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For a project I am looking at doing in the future I have been searching for something that will let me take existing pdfs so that I can individualize them for specific users... I was recommended the following app (it isn't free though): PDF Batch Stamp Tool, at: http://www.pdf-tools.com… It is a command line tool, but it looks like it would do what I am looking for quite painlessly... Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but maybe it will help.

Best Regards, Mark

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For a project I am looking at doing in the future I have been searching for something that will let me take existing pdfs so that I can individualize them for specific users... I was recommended the following app (it isn't free though): PDF Batch Stamp Tool, at: http://www.pdf-tools.com… It is a command line tool, but it looks like it would do what I am looking for quite painlessly... Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but maybe it will help.

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Hey Craig --

I'm trying to do the same thing, and have come across the same total lack of documentation. Do you have any code snippets you're willing to share? Thanks!

-Lucas

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Hey Craig --

I'm trying to do the same thing, and have come across the same total lack of documentation. Do you have any code snippets you're willing to share? Thanks!