cfdocument with cfpdfform - odd behavior

[SteveTX]

I'm trying to create a pdf that display some content from HTML and then includes a pdf form file, and I am experiencing two odd things:

1. The content in the cfdocumentsection above the cfpdfform tag does not show up in the pdf. All I see is the pdf form.

2. If I try to save the cfdocument using the filename attribute, it doesn't work. The file is not created and the pdf form displays in the browser. If I remove the cfpdfform tag, then the file is created and I see the content from the cfdocumentsection in the result.

Anyone have any ideas what is going wrong? The code looks like this:

<cfdocument format="pdf">
    <cfdocumentsection>
    <H2>PDF Form</H2>
    </cfdocumentsection>
    <cfpdfform action="populate" source="#request.path.file_directory##attributes.fileid#.pdf" xmldata="#setInputXMLRet.result#" overwritedata="true">
    </cfpdfform>
</cfdocument>

Thanks.

[tgm2002]

Did you ever resolve this?

Sorry for ressurecting an old thread, but I'm having *exactly* the same issue.

[SteveTX]

Nope I never did.

[-__cfSearching__-]

It works for me with CF9.0.1.

Which version are you using? Does the cfpdfform action work independently? Did you check the log files for errors?

-Leigh

[tgm2002]

There's nothing in the logs.

I'm using CF9.0.1 on RHEL.

Is your pdf form created using LiveCycle Designer? I'm begging to think that might have something to do with it...

EDIT: My main issue is that the form "takes over" the PDF. All I get is the form. For example, the following code:

<cfdocument format="PDF">
    <cfdocumentsection>
          <h1>Test</h1>
    </cfdocumentsection>
    <cfpdfform
        action = "populate"
        source = "form.pdf"
        >
    </cfpdfform>
    <cfdocumentsection>
        <h1>Test</h1>
    </cfdocumentsection>
</cfdocument>

All I get is the form, no header, no footer - just one page which is the PDF form.

[tgm2002]

http://tom-miller.co.uk/tmp/form.pdf

There's the PDF I'm using, created using LiveCycle designer.

[-__cfSearching__-]

Is your pdf form created using LiveCycle Designer?

Nope.

EDIT: My main issue is that the form "takes over" the PDF. All I get is the form. For example, the following code:

Ah, okay. (I misread the original issue) I do not know the reason, but I can at least confirm the same result on windows. So it does seem related to the form type. If you use a static acroform it works.

-Leigh

[insuractive]

Have you tried opening up your PDF form in acrobat and saving it with backwards compatability with a previous version?  Sometimes that can make a difference.  Alternatively, you could test accomplishing the same thing using iText.