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Pardon the jumbled looking code, but with Win2PDF pro you can do the following: | Pardon the jumbled looking code, but with Win2PDF pro you can do the following: | ||
<source lang="vdf"> | |||
function JumpStartReport string sInvoice boolean bEmail string sEmailAddress returns boolean | function JumpStartReport string sInvoice boolean bEmail string sEmailAddress returns boolean | ||
boolean bExists bMailed | boolean bExists bMailed | ||
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function_return bMailed | function_return bMailed | ||
end_function // JumpStartReport | end_function // JumpStartReport | ||
</source> | |||
====Using VB.net==== | ====Using VB.net==== | ||
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====Using xpdf==== | ====Using xpdf==== | ||
Over at http://www.glyphandcog.com you can find the xpdfprint component. | |||
The xpdf engine is one of the more common ways of rendering your PDF documents on unix/linux environment. | The xpdf engine is one of the more common ways of rendering your PDF documents on unix/linux environment. | ||
This is a stable component for print and for 'overlaying' text on print time (so without ammending the PDF) | |||
====Using List&Label==== | |||
List and Label can be used as your Report Engine in VDF, see also www.combit.net | |||
L&L includes a royalty free designer that you can distribute with your app and which is able to write to a variety of file formats including PDF, Excel and HTML as well as printing directly to your printer (of course) | |||
====Using PDFCreator==== | |||
You may also want to take a look at [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ PDFCreator] -- a freeware PDF printer app that works great, and although I haven't done so, I believe it could be incorporated for use from a vdf program | |||
====AloahaPDF Studio==== | |||
AloahaPDF Studio can be used for amending protected PDF's. Also for signing PDF's | |||
====PDFSplitMerge==== | |||
PDFSplitMerge from Guangming Software can be used for splitting and merging of PDF documents. | |||
====CutePDF==== | |||
Starting with a PDF that has form fields, for example created with Adobe Live Cycle Designer. | |||
You can do the following with a VDF14 program: | |||
1. Create an XML file (or stream) with the data for the form | |||
2. Imports the data into the PDF form shell producing a new filled and flattened PDF form (uses CutePDF SDK u$250 per server) | |||
CutePDF can also be used to export data to XML or XFDF or FDF | |||
====External Links==== | ====External Links==== | ||
[http://www.sture.dk/wasp/threadreport.asp?ThreadId=40911 OT: Print to a File] | [http://www.sture.dk/wasp/threadreport.asp?ThreadId=40911 OT: Print to a File] | ||
[http://www.sture.dk/wasp/threadreport.asp?ThreadId=42434 Print to a PDF document] | |||
[http://www.planetpdf.com Lot's of PDF information] | [http://www.planetpdf.com Lot's of PDF information] | ||
[http://www.win2pdf.com Win2PDF] | |||
[http://www.activepdf.com ActivePDF] | |||
[http://www.dynamicpdf.com DynamicPDF] | |||
[http://www.cutepdf.com/ CutePDF] | |||
