luigi scarso wrote:

I have downloaded http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/xml/formcalc_2.0.pdf If I have understand it FormCalc seem to be a simple script language Seem that Acrobat 7.0 can do this, but I'm not sure; asap I try to make an example.

i played with xfa stuff some time ago; it boils down to sending an xml file to acrobat with a ref to a pdf file and additional form data; so maybe the form calc code stays outside the pdf file in a parallel file Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

luigi scarso wrote:

On 4/10/06, Hans Hagen wrote:

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luigi scarso wrote:

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I have downloaded http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/xml/formcalc_2.0.pdf If I have understand it FormCalc seem to be a simple script language Seem that Acrobat 7.0 can do this, but I'm not sure; asap I try to make an example.

i played with xfa stuff some time ago; it boils down to sending an xml file to acrobat with a ref to a pdf file and additional form data; so maybe the form calc code stays outside the pdf file in a parallel file

I have put a simple example under http://www.logosrl.it/context/test/tex.pdf It was done with Designer; it is var Quantity=100 (I wasn't able to make uncompress vers. for pdf 1.6, so I downgraded to 1.5) It seem that xml data are embedded into pdf.

as far as i can see it boils down to embedding a bunch of xml snippets (none of which is valid xml in itself) and add an /XFA entry to the Acroform dictionary in the Catalog; no big deal; the plugin reassembles the embedded files to something valid xml and then does something with it, probably depending on the javascript; (looks like a real mess of mixing javascript and another language; i wonder why they didn't use javascript for everything; maybe the xml hype stroke 'm) So, here's something rather preliminary to play with ... (use / in filenames) \unprotect \def\startembed {\bgroup \catcode`\%=\other \dodoubleargument\dostartembed} \long\def\dostartembed[#1][#2]#3% let's gobble the next space, else {\dodostartembed[#1][#2]#3} % we get a space before <?xml \long\def\dodostartembed[#1][#2]#3\stopembed {\immediate\pdfobj stream attr {/Type /EmbeddedFile} {#3}% \edef\temp{\executeifdefined{embedded:#1}{ }}% \setxvalue{embedded:#1}{\temp (#2) \the\pdflastobj\space0 R }% \egroup} \def\embeddednames#1% {\executeifdefined{embedded:#1}{}} \def\flushFDFnames {\ifbuildFDFdictionary \ifx\FDFcollection\empty\else \ifbuildFDFencodingvector \doPDFdictionaryobject class FDF name local:encodingvector data \FDFencodingvector \fi \defineFDFfonts \doPDFarrayobject class FDF name local:fields data \FDFcollection \doPDFarrayobject class FDF name local:xfa data {\embeddednames{xfa}}% \doPDFgetobjectreference{FDF}{local:fields}\PDFobjectreferenceA \doPDFgetobjectreference{FDF}{local:xfa}\PDFobjectreferenceB % The /NeedAppearances is pretty important because % otherwise Acrobat 5 blows up on cloned radio widgets \doPDFdictionaryobject class FDF name local:acroform data {/Fields \PDFobjectreferenceA\space /XFA \PDFobjectreferenceB\space /NeedAppearances true \doFDFiffieldset\PDFcalculationset{/CO [\doFDFgetfieldset\PDFcalculationset]} /DR << /Font << \FDFfonts >> >> /DA (/Helv 10 Tf 0 g)}% \doPDFgetobjectreference{FDF}{local:acroform}\PDFobjectreference \doPDFaddtocatalog {/AcroForm \PDFobjectreference}% \global\let\FDFcollection\empty \global\let\flushFDFnames\relax \fi \fi} \protect \startembed[xfa][preamble] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/"> \stopembed \startembed[xfa][config] <config xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/" xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/"><trace><area level="1" name="font"></area></trace><agent name="designer"><!-- [0..n] --><destination>pdf</destination><pdf><!-- [0..n] --><fontInfo></fontInfo></pdf></agent><present><!-- [0..n] --><pdf><!-- [0..n] --><fontInfo><embed>1</embed></fontInfo><version>1.5</version><creator>Adobe Designer 7.0</creator><producer>Adobe Designer 7.0</producer><scriptModel>XFA</scriptModel><interactive>1</interactive><tagged>1</tagged><compression><level>6</level><compressLogicalStructure>1</compressLogicalStructure></compression></pdf><xdp><packets>*</packets></xdp><common><log><to>memory</to><mode>overwrite</mode></log><template><base>C:/Documents and Settings/luigi/Desktop/</base></template></common><destination>pdf</destination><output><to>uri</to><uri>C:/Documents and Settings/luigi/Desktop/test6.pdf</uri></output></present><agent name="acrobat"><common><locale></locale><data><incrementalLoad></incrementalLoad><adjustData></adjustData><xsl><uri></uri></xsl><outputXSL><uri></uri></outputXSL></data><template><base>C:/Documents and Settings/luigi/Desktop/</base><relevant></relevant><uri></uri></template></common></agent></config> \stopembed \startembed[xfa][template] <template xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.1/"><subform layout="tb" locale="it_IT" name="modulo1"><pageSet><pageArea id="Page1" name="Pagina1"><contentArea h="197.3mm" w="135.3mm" x="0.25in" y="0.25in"></contentArea><medium long="210mm" short="148mm" stock="a5"></medium></pageArea></pageSet><subform h="197.3mm" w="135.3mm"><field xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.2/" h="38.1001mm" name="Campoditesto1" w="104.775mm" x="12.7mm" y="25.4mm"><ui><textEdit><border><?templateDesigner StyleID aped3?><edge stroke="lowered"></edge></border><margin></margin></textEdit></ui><font typeface="Arial"></font><margin bottomInset="1mm" leftInset="1mm" rightInset="1mm" topInset="1mm"></margin><para vAlign="middle"></para><caption reserve="28mm"><font typeface="Arial"></font><para vAlign="middle"></para><value><text>example</text></value></caption><event activity="initialize"><script>var Quantity=100</script></event></field></subform><proto></proto></subform><?templateDesigner DefaultLanguage FormCalc?><?templateDesigner DefaultRunAt client?><?templateDesigner Grid show:1, snap:1, units:0, color:ff8080, origin:(0,0), interval:(125000,125000)?><?templateDesigner Rulers horizontal:1, vertical:1, guidelines:1, crosshairs:0?><?templateDesigner Zoom 50?></template> \stopembed \startembed[xfa][datasets] http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/">xfa:data<modulo1><Campoditesto1></Campoditesto1></modulo1> \stopembed \startembed[xfa][localsSet] <localeSet xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/"><locale desc="Italiano (Italia)" name="it_IT"><calendarSymbols name="gregorian"><monthNames><month>gennaio</month><month>febbraio</month><month>marzo</month><month>aprile</month><month>maggio</month><month>giugno</month><month>luglio</month><month>agosto</month><month>settembre</month><month>ottobre</month><month>novembre</month><month>dicembre</month></monthNames><monthNames abbr="1"><month>gen</month><month>feb</month><month>mar</month><month>apr</month><month>mag</month><month>giu</month><month>lug</month><month>ago</month><month>set</month><month>ott</month><month>nov</month><month>dic</month></monthNames><dayNames><day>domenica</day><day>lunedì</day><day>martedì</day><day>mercoledì</day><day>giovedì</day><day>venerdì</day><day>sabato</day></dayNames><dayNames abbr="1"><day>dom</day><day>lun</day><day>mar</day><day>mer</day><day>gio</day><day>ven</day><day>sab</day></dayNames><meridiemNames><meridiem>AM</meridiem><meridiem>PM</meridiem></meridiemNames><eraNames><era>aC</era><era>dC</era></eraNames></calendarSymbols><datePatterns><datePattern name="full">EEEE D MMMM YYYY</datePattern><datePattern name="long">DD MMMM YYYY</datePattern><datePattern name="med">D-MMM-YYYY</datePattern><datePattern name="short">DD/MM/YY</datePattern></datePatterns><timePatterns><timePattern name="full">HH:MM:SS Z</timePattern><timePattern name="long">HH:MM:SS Z</timePattern><timePattern name="med">HH:MM:SS</timePattern><timePattern name="short">HH:MM</timePattern></timePatterns><dateTimeSymbols>GyMdkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ</dateTimeSymbols><numberPatterns><numberPattern name="numeric">z,zz9.zzz</numberPattern><numberPattern name="currency">$ z,zz9.99</numberPattern><numberPattern name="percent">z,zz9%</numberPattern></numberPatterns><numberSymbols><numberSymbol name="decimal">,</numberSymbol><numberSymbol name="grouping">.</numberSymbol><numberSymbol name="percent">%</numberSymbol><numberSymbol name="minus">-</numberSymbol><numberSymbol name="zero">0</numberSymbol></numberSymbols><currencySymbols><currencySymbol name="symbol">€</currencySymbol><currencySymbol name="isoname">EUR</currencySymbol><currencySymbol name="decimal">,</currencySymbol></currencySymbols></locale></localeSet> \stopembed \startembed[xfa][postamble] \stopembed \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \definefield[whatever][text] \input tufte \field[whatever] \stoptext Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

luigi scarso wrote:

hmm, Designer does not show tufte, Acrobat7.0 yes.

quite cryptic, this message -) i assume that you mean that Designer is flawed with respect to pdf viewing ... no surprise ... the one time i played with it, the pdf's etc also looked like crap, so ... don't take that program as a reference Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

On 4/11/06, Hans Hagen wrote:

luigi scarso wrote:

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hmm, Designer does not show tufte, Acrobat7.0 yes.

quite cryptic, this message -)

i assume that you mean that Designer is flawed with respect to pdf viewing ... no surprise ... the one time i played with it, the pdf's etc also looked like crap, so ... don't take that program as a reference It seems that Designer open only forms; I will investigate it.

luigi