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Subject:
CGI Script or PDF Script
Category: Computers > Internet Asked by: dreda-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
04 Aug 2004 12:56 PDT
Expires: 03 Sep 2004 12:56 PDT Question ID: 383519 |
I would like to know if there is a CGI script or another way to achieve the following: I want a website visitor to fill out a form and press submit. Upon pressing submit, instead of the script emailing the information entered I want it to email (as an attachment) a pdf file which I would create with the fields enetered by the user already filled in. Is this or something like it at all possible? Thanks! |
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Re: CGI Script or PDF Script
From: numatrix-ga on 04 Aug 2004 15:10 PDT |
There are a number of ways you can do that, the biggest factor is going to be what programming experience you have. For example, if you've programmed in perl before, consider using any of the pdf libraries available on <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?query=pdf&mode=all">CPAN</a> (for example, <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~antro/PDF-111/PDF.pm">PDF.PM</a>). Or, if you have experience with PHP, devshed has an <a href="http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/PDF-Generation-With-PHP/">article</a> on using it to generate PDFs. Additionally, you can actually generate PDF files with forms built in that will submit themselves over the web. Adobe calls it <a href="http://partners.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/forms.jsp">FDF</a>. If you don't have any programming experience yourself, I'd recommend looking for a cheap programmer who is comfortable with perl or php and asking them if they could tackle the chore. I'm sure you could negotiate a reasonable price up front for the relatively simple cgi. |
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Re: CGI Script or PDF Script
From: numatrix-ga on 04 Aug 2004 15:11 PDT |
Sorry, my first google answers comment! Didn't know how to include the URLs properly. Well, at least it was a free answer. ;-) |
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