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Re: How to generate form-based and locked PDFs with FileMaker (off?)
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Re: How to generate form-based and locked PDFs with FileMaker (off?)


  • Subject: Re: How to generate form-based and locked PDFs with FileMaker (off?)
  • From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:14:58 -0500

On 9/30/04 6:58 PM, "Tom Robinson" <email@hidden> wrote:

> 3. Am I limiting myself by using FileMaker for the source?  Maybe
> something like InDesign would be better, with an AppleScript to insert
> the customer's name on each page?
>
> They're Windoze fans but I should be able to convince them an OS X
> based solution is best.  It's a new business, so volume will be low
> (maybe one a day to start), and funds are tight 8-)
>
> I know lots about FileMaker, reasonable AppleScript, something about
> how PDFs are made, and no InDesign.  Always keen to learn though.
>
> Hope this isn't too off-topic, I imagine the solution will involve
> AppleScript!

Applescript in Acrobat is worse than useless, so with that app, it's either
Javascript or javascript.

There's a lot of plugins for Acrobat that do what you want. Almost none of
them run on a Mac.

What you want, unfortunately, is to use Windows.

john

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