From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Torsten Wagner Subject: Generate and fill PDF-forms by org-mode?! Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:27:25 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e015389ba01322d04e3f915a6 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45074) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9tq7-0003ZW-MJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:27:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9tq2-00048a-Tl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:27:31 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::230]:55255) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9tq2-00048I-OM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:27:26 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f176.google.com with SMTP id uz19so551150obc.21 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 02:27:25 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Org Mode Mailing List --089e015389ba01322d04e3f915a6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, recently (well not so recently unfortunately) I have to deal with a lot of forms. forms forms forms... always almost the same, always almost boring. I was wondering, can I teach org-mode to do this for me? Ideally, I will use a org-table or org-properties, and execute e.g. a babel src-code block which in turn will take all this properties and fill it into a certain form and generate a PDF, send it to printer to let it me sign and hand it over. Hence I could keep all the important infos of a task in org-mode and automatically generate necessary forms as requires. E.g. lets take a order-form I could keep company address, items, price, amount, as well as internal project numbers, etc. in a single org-node or possibly take it from different org-tables, org-nodes, org-files, etc. and compose a form with all this data. If the delivery address change, I only have to change it once and the next forms will automatically contain the new address. Did someone try something like this already. Ideally, a ODT-export would be nice too, but I guess even harder to achieve. Another problem I might have to deal with, is how flexible is the administration. They might require to use only there templates (doc and PDF forms). However, the PDF forms are owner secured and hence I do not have a way to extract the FDF infos to interact in some way with them. Does someone know how to fill a PDF form programmatically and if this could be done within org-mode? Any idea how to deal with that would be nice. All the best Torsten --089e015389ba01322d04e3f915a6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

recent= ly (well not so recently unfortunately) I have to deal with a lot of forms.=
forms forms forms... always almost the same, always almost boring= .

I was wondering, can I teach org-mode to do this for me?

<= /div>Ideally, I will use a org-table or org-properties, and execute e.g. a = babel src-code block which in turn will take all this properties and fill i= t into a certain form and generate a PDF, send it to printer to let it me s= ign and hand it over.

Hence I could keep all the important infos of a task in org-= mode and automatically generate necessary forms as requires.

E.g. l= ets take a order-form
I could keep company address, items, pr= ice, amount, as well as internal project numbers,=A0 etc. in a single org-n= ode or possibly take it from different org-tables, org-nodes, org-files, et= c. and compose a form with all this data. If the delivery address change, I= only have to change it once and the next forms will automatically contain = the new address.

Did someone try something like this already.

<= /div>Ideally, a ODT-export would be nice too, but I guess even harder to ac= hieve.

Another problem I might have to deal with, is how = flexible is the administration. They might require to use only there templa= tes (doc and PDF forms). However, the PDF forms are owner secured and hence= I do not have a way to extract the FDF infos to interact in some way with = them. Does someone know how to fill a PDF form programmatically and if this= could be done within org-mode?

Any idea how to deal with that would be nice.

<= div>All the best

Torsten
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