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Clemens Hoffmann

[vwnc] [Ann] Createing PDF documents from VisualWorks

PDFPrinter for VisualWorks

If you have an application that is using HostPrinter
or PostScriptPrinter and you want to create PDF
documents then Georg Heeg eK has a solution.

The PDFPrinter for VisualWorks extends the printer
framework by a new printer that creates PDF documents.
The printer works parallel to the existing HostPrinter
and PostScriptPrinter and covers the joined
functionality of the other two printers.

Using the PDFPrinter is the same as using the
HostPrinter or PostScriptPrinter. If an application
is already using HostPrinter or PostScriptPrinter
then it also supports the PDFPrinter.

The PDFPrinter uses the Haru Free PDF Library.
The library is freely available for several platforms.
The Haru Free PDF Library is distributed under the
ZLIB/LIBPNG License. This avoids the licensing issues
of other PDF solutions like Gostscript based PDF
printer when used in commercial applications.

Contact Georg Heeg eK [hidden email] for details
and pricing.

Clemens Hoffmann

I am writing this here as the topic was discussed here some time ago.
Sorry for cross posting
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skrish

Re: [vwnc] [Ann] Createing PDF documents from VisualWorks

Will Jasper Reports also be a good alternative that functions standalone. You need to create a template through Jasper UI and give it an input XML data for it to generate PDF or any other format it can support transparently. Just need to kick off the Jasper process to go and do the job, which in most cases are batched and asynchronous, synchronous control through OSProcess is also doable...

Have done more of basic stuff in this manner not really heavy duty 1000 reports per day stuff, but I feel its quite stable and highly scalable.

-Skrish

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Clemens Hoffmann <[hidden email]> wrote:

PDFPrinter for VisualWorks

If you have an application that is using HostPrinter
or PostScriptPrinter and you want to create PDF
documents then Georg Heeg eK has a solution.

The PDFPrinter for VisualWorks extends the printer
framework by a new printer that creates PDF documents.
The printer works parallel to the existing HostPrinter
and PostScriptPrinter and covers the joined
functionality of the other two printers.

Using the PDFPrinter is the same as using the
HostPrinter or PostScriptPrinter. If an application
is already using HostPrinter or PostScriptPrinter
then it also supports the PDFPrinter.

The PDFPrinter uses the Haru Free PDF Library.
The library is freely available for several platforms.
The Haru Free PDF Library is distributed under the
ZLIB/LIBPNG License. This avoids the licensing issues
of other PDF solutions like Gostscript based PDF
printer when used in commercial applications.

Contact Georg Heeg eK [hidden email] for details
and pricing.

Clemens Hoffmann

I am writing this here as the topic was discussed here some time ago.
Sorry for cross posting
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