[Web4lib] Adobe Acrobat

[Micah Stevens]

It's shipped with Acrobat 8 - I didn't have a problem with this, I had a 
problem with the databindings. It's entirely possible that I just missed 
something due to my inexperience with the product though.

-Micah

On 03/15/2007 04:49 PM, S Park wrote:
> I would have to agree with Micah's assessment, but would like to add
> that I was able to download Adobe LiveCycle Designer for free with my
> Acrobat Pro 7. I don't know about Acrobat Pro 8.
>
> Another option you could try is Flashpaper 2
> (http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/). It does not have all the
> features of Acrobat Pro, but it does allow you to convert your
> document to both swf and pdf file formats. I find Flashpaper files to
> be much easier and faster to view with a browser. In addition, it is
> hundreds of dollars cheaper. You could download the free trial version
> to see if it will work for you.
>
> Sang
>
> On 3/15/07, Micah Stevens <micah at raincross-tech.com> wrote:
>> On 03/15/2007 02:27 PM, dschumann at trlib.org wrote:
>> > We publish many online forms and highly formatted document on our 
>> public
>> > web site and our Intranet. Some of these documents need to be in PDF
>> > format, and we'd like to utilize some of the advanced PDF features, 
>> such
>> > as dynamic forms, etc. We have decided it's time to buy either the 
>> full
>> > version of Adobe Acrobat or one of the alternate PDF file generators.
>> > After testing a few of the Acrobat alternatives, I am leaning strongly
>> > towards buying Adobe Acrobat. Does anyone have any feedback about PDF
>> > generators that have worked or not worked?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> I've never seen anything that compares with Acrobat on the basis of
>> features. I've been less than satisfied with the quality of their reader
>> as of late, but the generator seems to work fine.
>>
>> It used to be very easy to generate forms, but the newest version
>> separated out this functionality into another program, and although the
>> creation of the form is still straightforward, dealing with PDF form
>> data in a dynamic server environment is nearly impossible now without
>> buying additional software. It used to be very standardized and
>> straightforward. This I'm opposed to as it's a very Microsoft-esqe 
>> tactic.
>>
>> I hope that helps!
>> -Micah
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