auto gen pdf w/variable names

[Newsgroup_User]

Hi,

I have the challenge to do the following:

First example is business cards...

Select business card templates...
enter information for cards
click preview
the form data is then place in the business card templates

user see exactly how the cards will be printed

my challenge is creating the actual preview... I'm thinking I want to take
the template/data and make a pdf file.

I'd appreciate some thoughts...

[insuractive]

Do you actually have to present the user with a PDF? Otherwise, you could probably get a way with displaying your template and then using CSS positioning to place the client's info on the graphic.

[Newsgroup_User]

yes it has to be a pdf so that they can download and proof!

[Newsgroup_User]

is wrote:
> my challenge is creating the actual preview... I'm thinking I want to take
> the template/data and make a pdf file.

if you're on cf7, it should be fairly easy using cfdocument, though for super
atomic positioning you might need to dip into the java lib (iText) that powers
cfdocument. on cf6, you need to jump through more hoops but you can do it as
well using iText.