[FX.php List] Saving PDFs

[Dale Bengston]

I also throw a big recommendation behind FPDF. I use it extensively.  
I am creating simple letters, customized stationery, customized  
magazine pages, and even event signage for retail stores using FMP,  
FX.PHP and FPDF.

There is an extension to FPDF called FPDI that allows you to use an  
existing PDF as a template and apply customized content to it. (FPDF  
alone will only create a PDF from scratch.) This is great stuff. It  
shows really well. My clients are seduced by the power of creating a  
PDF on their desktop from a web page of dynamic content.

Dale

On Apr 26, 2007, at 9:48 AM, David Ness wrote:

> I also use FPDF for generating PDF's using fx.php/FileMaker Server.  
> Your
> IWP page could call a URL link passing needed parameters (record ID,
> etc), then use PHP with FPDF to call the FileMaker database using  
> fx.PHP
> and generate your PDF's. I generate elaborate multi-page PDFs of
> application forms using FPDF and recommend it highly.
>
>
> --
> David Ness,
> Database Systems Programmer
>
> Bonded Builders Warranty Group
> 1500 Kings Highway
> Port Charlotte, FL 33980
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:02 AM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: [FX.php List] Saving PDFs
>
> I have a client who wants to put her database on our server and use  
> IWP;
> one of the things that she wants to do is to save PDFs, which would  
> then
> be downloaded by her clients.
>
> Is there a way to save PDFs to a machine other than the database  
> server
> (in my case, to the web server)? How about with PHP? Is there a way to
> do it there? I know how to do it in a database itself, but over the  
> web
> I'm wondering how to make this happen.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
> bob at longtermsolutions.com
> 615-333-6858
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