Hi Randal,
I knew a friend that did something similar.
The basic steps of what you'll need to do are as follows:
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Get the (free) Acrobat SDK:
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/main.html
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Read the documentation in the SDK for help on creating an FDF file using HTML forms.
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Once you create an FDF, you'll use that as the file to
serve to your visitors (which will display the merged PDF).
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The PDF template can have separate buttons for "Print Me" and "Submit Me"
HOWEVER: if your users only have Acrobat Reader, they will
not be able to save the pre-populated PDF to their computer. (if they have the full Acrobat, I believe they can).
(Alternatively, you can pay $2k - $3k for a program called
PDFMerge which will actually merge the FDF with the PDF into a file your users can save . . . .)
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Want more info? How to link
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