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CFPDF thumbnail problem not showing background/images

I have 2 pdf's i'm running through CFPDF action="thumbnail". The first pdf returns a perfect looking thumb. The second returns a thumb with only the text and background colors, but NO background or foreground images. I didn't create these PDF's, I can't tell a difference in the two. Here's the code, simplified for testing purposes: <c...

Can you split a PDF 'package' into separate files with CF8 or CF9?

The cfpdf tag has lots of options but I can't seem to find one for splitting apart a PDF package into separate files which can be saved to the file system. Is this possible? ...

Sizing image probleme in PDF whis iText or cfPDF in Coldfusion 8

WHen I insert a Image into a existing PDF whis CFPDF or directely whis iText, the size of my image is increased by 1.5. How to control the image size ? my code are inspired from : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/697122/adding-a-dynamic-image-to-a-pdf-using-coldfusion-and-itext ...

Is it possible to convert a Microsoft Word document to PDF with ColdFusion?

The above question says it all. I know you can create a PDF from an image file or HTML in ColdFusion 8 using CFPDF, but I'm wondering if it's possible to create a PDF from a MS Word document directly - in CF8 or CF9. Could you import the Word document and convert it to HTML or an image file, and then do the conversion? Or is there a sho...

Saving the modified contents of a pdf

I've got a form that I downloaded, I'd like to prefill some content on the form (this is easy using cfpdfform). Where it gets tricky is I would like to allow the user to modify the contents of that form, and then somehow have those modified contents accessible to me. I didnt build the source PDF so I dont know how to allow the user t...

Adding a text watermark

I've learned how to add a watermark to a pdf. <cfpdf action="addwatermark" image="NoteToSelf.png" pages="1" position="0,0" showOnPrint="no" source="my.pdf" destination="#myDir#\new.pdf" overwrite="yes" opacity="10"> The way I read it, the watermark has to be an image. But NoteToSelf.png needs to be te...

Dimensions of a pdf page

I'm adding a watermark to pdf document, but position 0,0 is the bottom left-hand corner. I need to put the watermark at the top left-hand corner. Q: Using version 8 of ColdFusion, how do I determine the page size, or how can I position the watermark at the top? Update: I think I should be looking at action="addHeader". Using leftmargi...