cfpdfform (CF8) changes text-field font of an adobe 9 pdf form to Courier

[PhilSkaroulis]

I'm having problems getting cfpdfform to render the text-field font as it exists in the source pdf form.

The source pdf form was created in Acrobat 9 Standard.

When I download the pdf from the server using cfcontent, the text-fields look as expected, retaining their designated font (and the pdf has the desired fonts embedded).

However, when I do a cfpdfform action="populate", the text-field font is switched with Courier (even though the desired fonts remain embedded).

This happens regardless of what font I pick.

I have verified that the font exists on the server and in cf admin.

Here's my code:

<!--- populate --->
<cfpdfform action="populate"
           source="#pdfPathFile#"
           destination = "#pdfPathFile#"
           overwrite = "yes">

    <cfpdfformparam name="student_name" value="first name and last name" />
    <cfpdfformparam name="certificate_title" value="a cool certificate title" />
    <cfpdfformparam name="certificate_date" value="1/1/2010" />

</cfpdfform>

<!--- make read-only --->
<cfpdf action = "write"
       destination = "#pdfPathFile#"
       source = "#pdfPathFile#"
       flatten = "yes"
       overwrite = "yes"  />

<!--- return the content --->
<cfcontent
    file = "#pdfPathFile#"
    deleteFile = "yes"
    reset = "yes"
    type = "application/pdf" />

Commenting out the cfpdf action = "write" block produced the same outcome.

Using different source and destination filenames (vs overwriting  existing one) didn't make a difference, either.

Any ideas on how I can get cfpdfform to respect my predefined text-field fonts?

I truly appreciate your time.

[PhilSkaroulis]

The problem was resolved.

Turned out to be the way the pdf was created by Adobe 9 Standard that made cfpdfform misbehave.

Three things we did seemed to have made the pdf acceptable by cfpdfform:

1. Downloaded the latest updates for Adobe 9 Standard
2. Checked on the text-field "Multi-line" property
3. Checked off the text-field "Rich Text Formatting" property

Cheers.

[G0V_]

Thanks for the tip!

Any experience inserting images inside pdf forms?

It seems to work but won't 'survive' when flattening the pdf form to a static Acrobat file.  Any ideas?

[nadipalli1984]

Hi,

I am trying to send rich text data to the  pdf using cfpdfform and the pdf is not taking recognizing the codes.

Ex: it display <b> test data</b> instead of Test Data.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks!