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CFPDFForm Populate Error - java.lang.NullPointerException: Platform, Locale, and Platform Name must not be null

I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out the cause of the error below. All I'm doing is running this very simple CFPDFFORM to populate a PDF form.
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ColdFusion CFPDFFORM does not populate PDF form fields

I created a quick PDF file with two form fields, first name and last name (or FirstName and LastName), with a Submit button and used the following code to try to populate these fields in a new PDF file:
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Open a PDF in a new browser window with ColdFusion cfpdfform

I'm using ColdFusion 8 to and the object to create an xml document and then write the data to fields in an existing PDF file on our intranet. The problem is that I need the PDF to open in a new browser window, not the same browser window, which is…
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CFPDFFORM removes all datasets from source PDF during populate! What to do?

I have a LiveCycle Dynamic PDF form that has lots of datasets where basic information are stored to feed dropdown fields. Here is an excerpt of its XML source: …
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Questions on populating a PDF form with cfpdfform and rich text

So I'm using the following code to create a PDF from data from a query. …
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ColdFusion - Using a cfloop with multiple fields and multiple submit buttons

I'm looking to pass form values in a cfform to a PDF using cfpdfform. Here's my little test page that loops through 50 records to pull the first and last name. I'm trying to just pull those into the pdf fields. Currently it puts in all 50 of the…
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ColdFusion: how to populate livecycle pdf section dynamically using query data

I have a template PDF that has a section that will be laid out like a table. The data will come from a query. So this table will be dynamic, number of rows unknown. How do I accomplish this using ColdFusion? Is it a combination of creating a…
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Trying to preserve carriage returns when using

I'm pushing HTML forms data into PDFs using the tag and XML data created from the HTML post with XMLFormat(). For the life of me, I can't preserve carriage returns. My strategy has been to replace the CRLF ( chr(13) & chr(10) ) in the…
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Populate LiveCycle pdf with ColdFusion, but no fieldnames in the PDF

I'm trying to fill in a PDF with query data using ColdFusion. I think it does not have field names. Is there any way I can still use cfpdfformparam to fill it in? The PDF was created with LiveCycle and I cannot modify it, it comes from…
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ColdFusion and Installed Fonts

Is there a quick way to test each system installed font in code to see if ColdFusion can read it or not? I'm having an issue because CFPDFFORM errors because there are fonts installed in my computer that ColdFusion cannot read.
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Is there way to make PDF files from its XML source in ColdFusion?

I need to make some changes to XML source of a PDF file, and save the result as a PDF in ColdFusion. The first part is easy. I do not know how to convert the XML to PDF just like how LifeCycle does! The XML source is exactly the same content that…
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How can I pass an array to CFPDFFORM and have it fill the PDF inputs with the key/values in my array?

I have a script that retrieves values from the database and fills them into a PDF form. Is there any way I can pass a single array to CFPDFFORM and have it set all the params at once, without enumerating each one explicitly as below? Where the key…
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Coldfusion cfpdfform with LiveCycle

I am using to populate a LiveCycle Designer developed pdf form. I've excluded the destination attribute and the pdf shows in the browser exactly as I wish. However, it provides a filename of a series of numbers followed by=temp.pdf. Is…
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