Exporting ColdFusion to PDF

[TBone1269Now]

Hello All,
Is there a way to export ColdFusion data fields (such as text boxes) into a PDF that already has created text fields? (Example: I have a user who is trying to use a ColdFusion form to fill out employee information. They want their PDF forms to automatically fill-in with the information that was created on the ColdFusion form.) Is this possible? If so, please help.

Thanks a bunch!

[Newsgroup_User]

Yes it is possible, no I can't tell you exactly how to do it, it has
been too long for me. But in essence you use the Adobe FDF to populate
PDF forms with data, and it is possible to use ColdFusion to dynamically
create the FDF data.

You can also create PDF files on the fly, with some limitations, within
the latest version of CF using <cfdocument...> tags. But you would need
to recreate the PDF form inside of ColdFusion to use this method at this
time.

[iKnowKungFoo]

Randy Brown has a Powerpoint Presentation describing how to use Acrobat FDF with CF to create populated PDFs.

You can also use iText to read and populate PDF files using CF and Java.