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 How can I print directly to a file such as PDF or Postscript?
+==== Using capabilities of your report engine ====
+Some report engines that are often used with Visual DataFlex have native support for generating the report as a file using the PDF format.
+Examples are:
+#Crystal Reports can save a report to a PDF file
+#VPE has this capability
+#List&Label includes a PDF engine
 ==== Using WinPDF Pro ====
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 http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing/browse_thread/thread/66e5f32dd0fc1757
+====Using Acrobat====
+Acrobat Reader is the original product for reading PDF documents.
+The product for creating PDF documents is distiller.
+If you want to use the Reader component to print an existing document, then beware that it has been reported that the activeX control doesn't get properly released from memory. Last version that did this properly was version 4.
+Unfortunately newer versions are getting more bloated with each release.
+====Using xpdf====
+On 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.
 ====External Links====
 [http://www.sture.dk/wasp/threadreport.asp?ThreadId=40911 OT: Print to a File]
+[http://www.planetpdf.com Lot's of PDF information]