[clue-tech] Making PDFs on the fly.

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 14 July 2007 20:53, erik at ezolan.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm looking into making a site where people log in and download PDFs.
>
> What I'd like to do is personalize each PDF for each person. I've been
> trying to look this up, but Googling for Adobe or PDF is hopeless. (It's
> as bad as trying to look up info on .net )
>
> Ideally, I'm also trying to figure out how to embed info into the graphic
> files that will be inserted in the PDF. I'm not sure what the best way to
> do that would be. EXIF? Some sort of invisible watermark in the alpha
> channel?
>
> The reason I'm looking into doing this is to prevent people from uploading
> and sharing their copies.

Take a look at a program called Multivalent,  it might be useful for what 
you're trying to do here,  in a scripted context...

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