RE: secure document merging

[<G_Z_Gupta () Dell com>]

Murda,

If you apply online for US Visa the website displays the web form exactly in
the same format as of the actual document and when you submit, it comes back
with a pdf document filled with your details. I think that is what you are
looking for....

If you are programming in .Net you can load a pdf template and generate a
pdf on the fly using the dynamic content supplied by the user. You may refer
the following article for more information and various alternatives.

http://forums.asp.net/t/1214161.aspx 

Hope this helps!

Thanks, 
Gaurav Gupta
Dell IT

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Subject: RE: secure document merging

 Murda -

I think you can do this via adobe professional. You might want to take a
look at that to make a interactive PDF.


Hope this helps 

Bill


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-----Original Message-----
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Subject: FW: secure document merging



  
Hi all,
I have been asked by our legal dept to look into the possibility of a
document system which allows the secure modification and filling in of
documents without the person entering the data having the ability to change
the original template document.
 
Eg we have a lease type document or an agreement template which needs to be
kept secure but the fields that are specific to each lease/agreement need to
be filled in by someone who must not have the ability to change/copy or
distribute the original. This is currently done by having a set number of
‘blank’ documents sent over and then filled in as needed on a typewriter.
 
I’m sure banks etc must have something similar-eg a web-page or database
input page comes up, the user picks the appropriate doc and then fills in
the appropriate info for the particular agreement. Then the system fills in
the blanks and creates the doc on the fly.
 
Has anyone ever used or seen something like this that might be available off
the shelf? I thought that ones in banks etc would be custom written.
 
Thanks

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