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Jeff Chastain
Table of Contents
Using DDX to unlock the potential of PDF manipulation in ColdFusion 8
While DDX is nothing new to Adobe, it is new to ColdFusion with the latest release of Adobe ColdFusion 8. DDX is an XML document definition that was originally created for Adobe LiveCycle Assembler and is used to describe documents. DDX elements are used to represent PDF pages, comments, bookmarks, and styled text.
ColdFusion 8 ships with a scaled-down edition of the LiveCycle Assembler that can process a subset of the total DDX definition. In this article, we will look at some of the possibilities with DDX and how its addition to ColdFusion has given developers new tools and capabilities for creating and manipulating PDF documents.
Requirements
ColdFusion 8
Sample files
- ddx_pdf.zip (ZIP, 96K)
About the author
Jeff Chastain has been developing software applications using object-oriented programming for over 12 years and has been developing web applications with ColdFusion for over 8 years. He has experience in a variety of industries, from Fortune 500 companies to his own consulting practice. Currently, Jeff is an applications architect and systems developer for Alagad, Inc., and contributes to the blog at http://www.alagad.com.
