I've done PDF via Perl where I work.

We needed to spit out a number of forms on demand, so we made a blank form in PostScript and converted it to PDF. We would then print that as an object, followed by data objects (the actual text in the form), one per page. It made a very tight download (100's of printed pages would fit in just a few K), because we reused the PDF form object.

There is nothing simple about PDF, but it can be done.

Feel free to email me (Russ) if you need more information. I'll help you however I can.

Russ