The following example shows how to embed an interactive PDF form in a PDF document created with the cfdocument tag.
On the login page, an employee enters a user name and password:
<h3>Employee Login Form</h3>
<p>Please enter your user name and password.</p>
<cfform name="loginform" action="embed2.cfm" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td>user name:</td>
<td><cfinput type="text" name="username" required="yes"
message="A user name is required."></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>password:</td>
<td><cfinput type="password" name="password" required="yes"
message="A password is required."></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/>
<cfinput type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</cfform>
On the processing page, a query populates an interactive PDF form from the cfdocexamples database. The interactive PDF form is embedded in a PDF document created with the cfdocument tag. The PDF document comprises three sections: the cfdocumentsection tags define the first and last sections of the document; the cfpdfform tag defines the second section embedded in the PDF document. Each section starts a new page in the PDF document.The Print button on the PDF form prints the entire document, including the pages in the sections before and after the interactive PDF form.
<cfquery name="getEmpInfo" datasource="cfdocexamples">
SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEES
WHERE EMAIL = <cfqueryparam value="#FORM.username#">
</cfquery>
<!--- The following code creates a PDF document with headers and footers.
--->
<cfdocument format="pdf">
<cfdocumentitem type="header">
<font size="-1" align="center"><i>Nondisclosure Agreement</i></font>
</cfdocumentitem>
<cfdocumentitem type="footer">
<font size="-1"><i>Page <cfoutput>#cfdocument.currentpagenumber# of#cfdocument.totalpagecount#</cfoutput></i></font>
</cfdocumentitem>
<!--- The following code creates the first section in the PDF document. --->
<cfdocumentsection>
<h3>Employee Nondisclosure Agreement</h3>
<p>Please verify the information in the enclosed form. Make any of the necessary changes
in the online form and click the <b>Print</b> button. Sign and date the last page. Staple
the pages together and return the completed form to your manager.</p>
</cfdocumentsection>
<!--- The following code embeds an interactive PDF form within the PDF document with fields
populated by the database query. The cfpdpfform tag automatically creates a section in
the PDF document. Do not embed the cfpdfform within cfdocumentsection tags. --->
<cfpdfform action="populate" source="c:\forms\embed.pdf">
<cfpdfsubform name="form1">
<cfpdfformparam name="txtEmpName"
value="#getEmpInfo.FIRSTNAME# #getEmpInfo.LASTNAME#">
<cfpdfformparam name="txtDeptName" value="#getEmpInfo.DEPARTMENT#">
<cfpdfformparam name="txtEmail" value="#getEmpInfo.IM_ID#">
<cfpdfformparam name="txtPhoneNum" value="#getEmpInfo.PHONE#">
<cfpdfformparam name="txtManagerName" value="Randy Nielsen">
</cfpdfsubform>
</cfpdfform>
<!--- The following code creates the last document section. Page numbering resumes in this
section. --->
<cfdocumentsection>
<p>I, <cfoutput>#getEmpInfo.FIRSTNAME# #getEmpInfo.LASTNAME#</cfoutput>, hereby attest
that the information in this document is accurate and complete.</p>
<br/><br/>
<table border="0" cellpadding="20">
<tr><td width="300">
<hr/>
<p><i>Signature</i></p></td>
<td width="150">
<hr/>
<p><i>Today's Date</i></p></td></tr>
</table>
</cfdocumentsection>
</cfdocument>