http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2007/10/06/populating-a-livecycle-pdf-with-php-and-mysql/

[andrewheiss]

Populating a LiveCycle PDF with PHP and MySQL | Andrew Heiss.com
http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2007/10/06/populating-a-livecycle-pdf-with-php-and-mysql/

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Larry on 2009-03-09 16:49:05

Hi, Andrew,

I think when you create a PDF form with livecycle, you can use
forge_fdf.php. This script will create a fdf input. But the form created
in livecycle will take xfdf input instead. Can you tell me how you make
the PDF form take fdf input?

Thanks

Larry

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-03-24 15:40:38

The PDF should still be able to handle the fdf file - it's kind of like
HTML and XHTML; xfdf is XML-based FDF

FDF should be backwards compatible in a LiveCycle form. I've never had
problems with plain vanilla FDF files in Acrobat or LiveCycle...

Check these sites for more information:
[http://lukerymarz.blogspot....](http://lukerymarz.blogspot.com/2008/10/adobe-xfdf.html "http://lukerymarz.blogspot.com/2008/10/adobe-xfdf.html")\
[http://www.michaelnolan.co....](http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/ "http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/")

I might be wrong though... let me know what you find out...

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Jagadeesh on 2009-03-23 15:27:23

Hi, Andrew,

I seen above script . nice tutorial but i have one doubt

Is it possible to generate pdf document to folder with using same code ?

or

is it possible to attach pdf document with mail function in php with
using same code ???

Is there any solution Please give me suggestion

Thanks

Jagadeesh

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-03-24 15:24:24

Yes, it is possible to e-mail the pdf. You just need to make some
adjustments to the passthru() command. Instead of typing -, which
outputs the pdf as standard output, type a path to a temporary folder.
It should make a PDF there that you can then attach using the PHP mail()
function.

For example:
Instead of "pdftk ... fdf output - flatten," use "pdftk ... output
/temp flatten"

That will put a lot of strain on server bandwidth, though. I'd
recommend setting up a script that serves the PDF and just send a link
to that script in the e-mail, unless you really want to push PDFs around
like that.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Eddie on 2009-03-24 20:30:18

I found this tutorial and it seems to be just the thing for me, however,
the links to your php text files seem to be broken. When I follow them I
get an Error 404, not found.

Could you either repair the links, let me know what I did wrong, or
otherwise provide the text files, please.

Thanks,
Eddie

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-03-24 20:50:22

Sorry about that! The links should be fine now!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Eddie on 2009-03-25 14:39:18

Thanks for repairing the links so quickly.

So, I made a small form in LiveCycle Designer 7 and used the dump.php
file from above and I am getting this junk out.

testform%5b0%5d.answers%5b0%5d.CheckBox1%5b0%5d=0&testform%5b0%5d.answers%5b0%5d.HTTPSubmitButton2%5b0%5d=

I'm sure that I made a mistake in the form, or haven't configured it
quite right, but darned if I can find where to fix it. Have you seen
this output, if so, where did I go wrong?

Thanks for the assistance!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Robert on 2009-03-29 03:38:16

Eddie I had seen that error

check your quotes in the dump.php that is where my error was

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-03 19:03:29

Yeah, it's a problem with WordPress and how it handles quotes... Make
sure they are all straight quotes rather than curly typographer's
quotes

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by jose velez on 2009-03-26 22:57:59

Dint work for me your script. It does not post the variables.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-03 19:02:31

Try installing the new version of the script, found at
[http://code.google.com/p/pd...](http://code.google.com/p/pdftk-php/ "http://code.google.com/p/pdftk-php/")

It is a lot more reliable...

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Robert on 2009-03-29 03:36:36

I finally got the insert.php to submit to the database the problem i am
having now is to repopulate the form My form has some check boxes in it
and pdftk says input errors nothing done. Is there a work around for
this issue? I have came so far I have a PDF form that submits alot of
data in one shot to the database and it finally works fine.... Please
man can you help with the repopulating of the form?

The main part of my insert.php looks like this ( not complete for
security reasons.

// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot
connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

error_reporting(E_ERROR);
//Save data from the HTTP POST values submitted from the PDF
$date=$_REQUEST["date"];
$jobnamee=$_REQUEST["jobname"];
$jobnumber=$_REQUEST["jobnumber"];
$weather=$_REQUEST["weather"];
$equiprented=$_REQUEST["equiprented"];
$equipowned=$_REQUEST["equipowned"];
$item1=$_REQUEST["item1"];
$item2=$_REQUEST["item2"];
$item3=$_REQUEST["item3"];
$item4=$_REQUEST["item4"];
$item5=$_REQUEST["item5"];
$item6=$_REQUEST["item6"];
$item7=$_REQUEST["item7"];
$item8=$_REQUEST["item8"];
$item9=$_REQUEST["item9"];
$item10=$_REQUEST["item10"];
$downtime1=$_REQUEST["downtime1"];
$downtime2=$_REQUEST["downtime2"];
$downtime3=$_REQUEST["downtime3"];
$signuture=$_REQUEST["signuture"];
$date2=$_REQUEST["date2"];
$location=$_REQUEST["location"];
$visualtest=$_REQUEST["visualtest"];
$manualtest=$_REQUEST["manualtest"];
$classification=$_REQUEST["classification"];
$sloping=$_REQUEST["sloping"];
$trenchbox=$_REQUEST["trenchbox"];
$engineered=$_REQUEST["engineered"];
$utilitiesoverhead=$_REQUEST["utilitiesoverhead"];
$utilitiesunderground=$_REQUEST["utilitiesunderground"];
$laddersramps-$_REQUEST["laddersramps"];
$airtestconfined=$_REQUEST["airtestconfined"];
$spoilspile=$_REQUEST["spoilspile"];
$ppe=$_REQUEST["ppe"];
$currentlocates=$_REQUEST["currentlocates"];
$problems1=$_REQUEST["problems1"];
$problems2=$_REQUEST["problems2"];
$problems3=$_REQUEST["problems3"];
$problems4=$_REQUEST["problems4"];
$signuture1=$_REQUEST["signuture1"];

// Insert all the data from above into the table in the database
$sql="INSERT INTO $tbl_name
(date,jobname,jobnumber,weather,equiprented,equipowned,item1,item2,item3,item4,item5,item6,item7,item8,item9,item10,downtime1,downtime2,downtime3,signuture,date2,location,visualtest,manualtest,classification,sloping,trenchbox,engineered,utilitiesoverhead,utilitiesunderground,laddersramps,airtestconfined,spoilspile,ppe,currentlocates,problems1,problems2,problems3,problems4,signuture1)VALUES('$date','$jobname','$jobnumber','$weather','$equiprented','$equipowned','$item1','$item2','$item3','$item4','$item5','$item6','$item7','$item6','$item7','$item8','$item9','$item10','$downtime1','$downtime2','$downtime3','$signuture','$date2','$location','$visualtest','$manualtest','$classification','$sloping','$trenchbox','$engineered','$utilitiesoverhead','utilitiesunderground','$laddersramps','$airtestconfined','$spoilspile','$ppe','$currentlocates','$problems1','$problems2','$problems3','problems4','$signuture1')";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

// If it worked, say so...
// This will change later on so it won't have the like to view all
users, obviously...that's just for testing purposes
if($result){
echo "Data Submission was Successful";
}

else {
echo " DOH we have an ERROR";
}

// Close connection to the database
mysql_close();
//

?>

Thanks in advance for your help so far and for later this tutorial
finally made me get it to work. you can contact me via email or drop me
a message on the contact me tab of my office located at
[http://rs-sunconst.com](http://rs-sunconst.com "http://rs-sunconst.com")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Robert on 2009-03-29 03:46:53

Andrew thanks for the lesson I had been kicking this dead horse for 6
months now and finally got the pdf form to submit to the database I have
a lot more fields than your sample had but was able to get the form to
post to the database finally. My problem now is there are some fields
that are check boxes and PDFtk doesnt output the form.pdf.fields file
you speak of. is there a work around for this error? The fields really
need to be check boxes even if they are skipped in the re-population
process. Can you help?

Thanks in advance for your time devoted to this issue. I am sure there
are alot of folks out there that really needed this tutorial.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-03 19:01:50

Robert,

Sorry about the delay!

I recently updated this whole system to make it work more reliably
overall, and work better with checkboxes. I've released it online at
Google Code at
[http://code.google.com/p/pd...](http://code.google.com/p/pdftk-php/ "http://code.google.com/p/pdftk-php/")

Try installing that version of the system--you should find commented
code explaining how to use checkboxes.

Let me know how that goes...

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Robert on 2009-04-04 22:49:55

Andrew

Thanks for the info I had downloaded the latest and but even when I set
your sample up I can enter name and email into database and can view the
list of submitted info but get a corrupt PDF while downloading its got
to be something i am missing. The server is Unix running apache and
Apache version2.2.11 (Unix)
PHP version5.2.9
MySQL version5.0.75-community-
log

I am so close but getting so frustrated with this project. I know it is
possible But why dont it work.... ? I took some screen shots of the
errors I am getting and if you have a sec to look at it they can be
found here.
[](http://rs-sunconst.com/copper "http://rs-sunconst.com/copper")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Robert on 2009-04-04 22:55:25

Crap Link didnt show up go to this site and you can click on the images
to make them full sized maybe you can see how it is acting remotely.
Again man thanks for all of your time and effort into this issue.

[http://rs-sunconst.com/copp...](http://rs-sunconst.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=4 "http://rs-sunconst.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=4")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Robert on 2009-04-05 02:40:27

UPDATE:
Well I have PDFTK and gotten real field names but when I click on
download I get plain white screen nothing on it no errors...?

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-11 14:05:34

Unfortunately it means you still have some errors.

The best way to check to see if everything is actually working is to
manually inject the fdf into the pdf at the command line.

Comment out line 74 in pdftk-php.php (the line that says
unlink( $fdf_fn ); and run the script again.

It should make a randomly-named file in the main folder of the script.
If there is no new file, the fdf isn't getting made at all, probably
because of problems with permissions.

Line 58, $fdf_fn = tempnam(".", "fdf"); specifies where the fdf is
made, (the . means the current directory). Try specifying a different
folder or make sure the folder where pdftk-php.php is has write
permissions.

Once the fdf file is made correctly, try running pdfk from the command
line manually, typing out
pdftk your_original_pdf.pdf fill_form newly_created_randomly_named-fdf output test.pdf flatten

Open that new pdf. If it doesn't work, the fdf wasn't well formed or
was corrupted. It should work, though.

Try debugging the system like that and let me know what happens.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by jdgower on 2009-04-15 21:40:07

Please help...

the fdf does make when i get comment out the unlink command...but i
always get the error when i run the program on our windows server...on
my localhost with apache installed it works fine...

i just cant figure this out. the error i get when the pdf downloads and
i open it in notepad is this:

Warning: system()
[[function.system](function.system "function.system")]:
Unable to fork [pdftk apps/ismie_physician.pdf fill_form
C:\Inetpub\prefill\fdf5010.tmp output - flatten] in
C:\Inetpub\prefill\pdftk-php.php on line 71

please help :(

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by jdgower on 2009-04-15 21:58:06

A couple of other questions...

Is there something that could need to be installed on the server which
isn't? The server i installed on my localhost was indigoampp but this
cant be used at my work as they have their own microsoft server. Perhaps
there is something which needs to be installed in order for pdftk.exe to
work. At the moment it looks like every file and folder in my program
have every access that is available by the way.

Thank you so much in advance for any type of help you can offer! thank
you!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-16 12:51:19

The "Unable to fork" error happens in PHP under Windows and IIS when
there is a problem with program permissions. Check out these two sites
for more information:

[http://www.iis-aid.com/arti...](http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/trouble_shooting/warning_exec_function_exec_unable_to_fork "http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/trouble_shooting/warning_exec_function_exec_unable_to_fork")

http://www.somacon.com/p255...

Thankfully it's just a server configuration problem and not a problem
with pdftk.exe or anything else.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by jdgower on 2009-04-16 15:09:41

I have the IT guy at work seeing if cmd.exe has the correct permissions.
While I wait...i noticed that all of the sites I've able to get this
to work on run with FastCGI and the server at work we have ISAPI on,
could this be an issue as well?

Thank you very much for your help!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-20 19:48:30

I have no idea about FastCGI or any other server modules--I'm a total
newb when it comes to actual server configuration (and I've never
actually used IIS)

Sorry!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Rob Hecker on 2009-04-28 15:57:46

The hurdle I run into is that PHPTK must be installed on the server, and
since I am on a UNIX commercial shared hosting, I cannot install the
software.

On my Apache test server under Windows, everything works just fine.

So I can get the data from the PDF to the MySQL database, and I can get
in out of the database into a nicely formed fdf file, but I can't get
the fdf and the PDF template to connect. I need staff on various
platforms to be able to do this from the website. It seems like such a
small step! Since it appears that I have to abandon the idea of using
PDFTK, I wonder if there is a PHP script out there that will connect the
fdf with the pdf. Any thoughts?

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-29 14:59:30

Sadly I haven't found any PHP-only solution to inject a PDF with an
FDF--it seems like you need a robust program like pdftk to actually do
it.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Rob Hecker on 2009-05-07 09:09:46

I have discovered a purely PHP solution that does this.
[http://koivi.com/fill-pdf-f...](http://koivi.com/fill-pdf-form-fields/ "http://koivi.com/fill-pdf-form-fields/")

My forms have about 30 fields, including radio buttons and checkboxes,
and they populate just fine.

The code is very simple and requires very little modification. For me
this is a perfect solution because it does not require PDFTK.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-05-07 09:23:52

The only problem I see with that PHP solution is that it doesn't quite
connect the FDF with the PDF. The script ends up serving an FDF file
that the user then has to manually populate on their own with Acrobat or
Reader.

In my case I was trying to serve the actual finished PDF so that the
user could immediately see and use the PDF without having to have
Acrobat, just in case the user doesn't have a more robust PDF viewer
that can handle form data (like Preview on a Mac)

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Sly on 2009-06-17 20:09:37

<a href="viewpdf.php?id=" >View PDF

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Sly on 2009-06-17 20:15:01

sorry I am trying to insert a block of code and it just takes the last
line

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Sly on 2009-06-17 20:40:37

Is there any I can email you my code it still does not work for me can
you have a quick look please.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-06-19 15:16:00

Sure. It's my name at
[gmail.com](http://gmail.com "gmail.com")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-06-19 21:49:02

To anyone subscribed to this thread via e-mail:

Here's an update on the project:
[http://www.andrewheiss.com/...](http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/ "http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/")

Check it out...

Thanks!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Scott on 2009-06-23 23:56:27

Hi Andrew,

Excellent work here! I tried this unsuccessfully about a year ago and I
was thrilled to see that you recently updated your work on this. I think
I'm pretty close, but here are my issues:

I've been able to install your example code on both a Windows Server
2003 box with WAMP Server and on a Linux box. In both cases I am able to
submit and record/view the results in the database.

Problem 1:
On the Windows server the output is creating temporary files (example is
"fdf3f.tmp") in the "example" folder and Acrobat gives me the
"unsupported file type or file has been damaged" when it tries to open
the file.

Problem 2:
On the Linux box I am getting white screened when I click on the
download link and there are no files being written to the "example"
folder at all.

Line 71:
passthru("/var/www/vhosts/[domain.com/httpdocs/heiss/h...](http://domain.com/httpdocs/heiss/heiss/example "domain.com/httpdocs/heiss/heiss/example")
$pdf_original fill_form $fdf_fn output - flatten");

I have tried the suggested correction steps of changing write
permissions on the folders, along with commenting out the "unlink"
command in pdftk-php.

I'm not a very good coder and I was hoping that there is something very
simple here that I'm missing.

Great work and a great site here!

I thank you in advance for your time.

Scott

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Scott on 2009-06-24 16:12:22

In the case of the Windows Server, I can get Acrobat to open the
temporary file and display the correct results after browsing to
"example.pdf".

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-06-29 21:13:48

Sorry about the delay!

For Windows:
Your FDF is getting created, which is easy since Windows file
permissions are a lot more permissive. The problem seems to be actually
running pdftk.

Make sure pdftk.exe is in the example folder, or the path in passthru()
leads to wherever you have it stored. Make a new php file with one
command in it:

passthru("pdftk.exe --help")

Open that page in your web browser and you should see the manual page
for pdftk. If not, there's a problem with passthru finding pdftk.
Adjust the path, add the .exe if necessary, and try again until the
manual page shows up. That should fix your windows problem.

With your Linux box, the main issue is probably permissions, since it's
a lot more restrictive than Windows. Make sure the folder where you're
writing the temporary fdf file is writable (use "ls -l" to see the
permissions from the terminal--use an FTP program if it's a remote
server to do it graphically).

The script will try to write the fdf file to the path defined in
tempnam(), near line 54 of pdftk-php.php. Try creating a folder named
tmp in the example folder, give it write permissions for every user, and
change tempnam to tempnam("./tmp", "fdf");

So, your problem with Windows is (probably) running pdftk--change the
path to pdftk in passthru(). Your problem with Linux is (probably)
permissions--make sure you can write to the temporary folder.

Good luck!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Rik on 2009-07-02 22:54:23

Hi Andrew. Thanks for the great tutorial.

I have hit a snag with this however. If i save my form in LiveCycle as a
static form, everything works great. However, if i save it as a dynamic
form, the fields do not fill in when opened.

I need my form to be a dynamic form so I can set the fields to autofit
in height.

Any solution to this?

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Hedgehog on 2009-07-02 23:15:15

Hi Rik, I had the same issue it is an issue with pdftk. PDFTK won't
open a livecyle dynamic form

See for a potential work around
[http://www.andrewheiss.com/...](http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/ "http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/")

You can double check this by seeing if PDFTK will output for pdf form
fields.

Place your empty PDF form in your main site folder. Open up a command
prompt or terminal and run this command in the site folder, changing
file names as necessary:

pdftk form.pdf dump_data_fields > form.pdf.fields

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-07-17 21:10:36

[@niku](http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2007/10/06/populating-a-livecycle-pdf-with-php-and-mysql/comment-page-1/#comment-283 "http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2007/10/06/populating-a-livecycle-pdf-with-php-and-mysql/comment-page-1/#comment-283")
Yep, it should work with LiveCycle forms just fine.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Darrell on 2009-07-18 22:36:20

Problems Repopulating LiveCycle Forms - Acrobat Forms Work Fine
Hello Andrew, I am having problems repopulating LiveCycle forms (tried
static and dynamic for LC8 and LC7)... I have tried all of the above
suggestions in this forum to no avail. The forms made with Acrobat 8
work fine... I think it is how the form fields from LiveCycle are being
formed in the FDF_DATA_STRINGS that are causing my problems...

I have taken your example form and converted it into a LiveCycleForm,
run the command pdftk example.pdf dump_data_fields to get the actual
field names and made the necessary changes to the FDF_DATA_STRING in the
pdftk-php.php file... When trying to repopulate the form, it always
comes up with a 500 Internal Server error (which is exactly what I get
with my LiveCycle Forms)... Changing back the FDF_DATA_STRING to the
acrobat format and pointing to the example.pdf made with Acrobat again
will run perfectly fine...

Is it possible for you to post a working example of a LiveCycle form
that is repopulated with the data using the LiveCycle Form Names in the
FDF_DATA_STRING... It would help out tremendously.. Thank you...
Darrell

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by jdgower on 2009-07-19 00:51:11

Darrell...I've ran into the same thing, just used acrobat to make the
forms instead. Guess it might be nice to make them in livecycle, though
:)

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Hedgehog on 2009-07-20 16:06:44

I have gotten the STATIC livecycle forms to work with this code.
However, PDFTK doesn't work the dynamic livecycle forms. There might be
a very easy solution to all of this.

All you have to to-do pass the xfdf or xdf to the pdf via url... This
means you don't have to worry about all the code and you don't have to
launch pdftk. (no more passthru command)

I posted an example of this here
[http://www.andrewheiss.com/...](http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/ "http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Darrell on 2009-07-20 19:12:46

RE: Problems Repopulating LiveCycle Forms -- Acrobat Forms Work Fine

Thanks Jeremy, unfortunately all of my forms have been created in
LiveCycle Designer... I hate the thought of converting them all (some
of them are very complex)..

Hedgehog, thank you for the links... I looked at the samples and I see
the forms for the static and dynamic pages you created, however I don't
see the coding of the $FDF_DATA_STRINGS that you used in order to
successfully repopulate the LiveCycle Form. Are you just using the
FDF_DATA_STRING examples in andrews php file?

I am sure my problem probably stems from an improperly formated
$FDF_DATA STRING that is naming the form field... Here is what I am
experiencing (the name of my form is ShowOrders.pdf):

When I run this command:
pdftk ShowOrders.pdf dump_data_fields > form-fields.txt

It generates the form-fields.txt report just fine, but when I open and
view the file, the Field name contains a string that looks like this:

FieldName:
form1[0].#subform[0].Table1[0].Row2[0].ShowName[0]

I have tried this "as is" to format the $FDF_DATA_STRING as follows:

$fdf_data_strings= array('form1[0].#subform[0].Table1[0].Row1[0].ShowName[0]' => $pdf_ShowName);

When I try to download the pdf file, it gives me a 500 internal error
webpage.

I am assuming the extra after each subheading in the DOM path is
incorrect, so I have formatted the field by changing it to:

$fdf_data_strings= array('form1[0].#subform[0].Table1[0].Row1[0.ShowName[0]' => $pdf_ShowName);

This still results in a 500 Internal error.

Lastly, rather than finding the fields using pdftk, I open the form
directly in LiveCycle Designer and open the Script Editor Window, the
heading in the window indicating the field name reports this:

form1.#subform[0].Table1.Row1.ShowName

(some of the [0] are not listed in the name as reported by LCD)... I
have also tried this in FDF_DATA_STRING and it still gives the same
result.

Again, if I use Andrew's form made in Acrobat and use the Acrobat
formatted FDF_DATA_STRING, it works just fine???

I am running Fedora11 with pdftk-1.41-19.fc11.i586, httpd-2.2.11-8.i586
(apache), php-5.2.9-2.fc11.i586 and mysql-5.1.35-1.fc11.i586... All
forms were created in LiveCycle 8.0 and are all saved as Acrobat 7
(static) pdf forms... So static forms are perfectly fine for me...

I know it has to be something simple I am missing? Any thoughts?

(PS - previous post error... I meant to say I modified the
$FDF_DATA_STRING in the download.php file NOT the pdftk-php.php file)

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Hedgehog on 2009-07-20 20:12:54

Yes I was using the code as is. I haven't tried it since Andrew
modified one of the functions to be public. However, when PDFTK worked
the rest of it worked fine for me. I was using ubuntu. All forms created
in livecycle 8. As stated livecycle dynamic forms never worked due to a
limitation with pdftk.

Are you able to generate the FDF or XFDF ok? This is what I tried.

Open the FDF/XFDF with acrobat... It will then ask you to associate
with a form or pdf. Navigate to your livecycle form. Your livecycle form
should open up with the FDF data. If it doesn't then it probably means
your FDF/XFDF was not created properly.

Once you get that you can create a script that will do this for you.
(The url will associate the FDF with the pdf) A.H. example worked well
for static forms but because of the limitation of pdftk we couldn't use
it.

For example a url like this
http://localhost/fine_form.pdf#FDF=http://localhost/fdf_data.php?t=42

See
[http://books.google.com/boo...](http://books.google.com/books?id=HRFtXWtbAdwC&dq=pdf+hacks&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=eT9NSsrVLIrDlAf7z8CuBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4 "http://books.google.com/books?id=HRFtXWtbAdwC&dq=pdf+hacks&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=eT9NSsrVLIrDlAf7z8CuBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Darrell on 2009-07-20 21:58:08

Downloaded the latest pdftk-php tarball - still problems will post in
[http://www.andrewheiss.com/...](http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/ "http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/06/19/pdftk-php-officially-released/")
.... Should have put the comment there originally...

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-07-29 19:40:42

Hello all...

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