HTML returning a PDF?

Heya all --
I have a client who is requesting an HTML form that updates a
database, then returns a PDF that includes some of the data entered
in the form. The PDF is an existing document, and is quite
extensive, so creating a new one every time seems inefficient. I'd
love to be able to put some input fields on the PDF, and have a
server-side script propigate the fields with the incoming data,
then flatten the PDF and return it. Does anyone know if this is
possible, and if so how would it be done?
Thanks so much for any help!
-Lucas

Sorry, I think I may have posted to the wrong forum. Please
forgive the intrusion!
-Lucas

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