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Re: [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 103874
interpreted = N
texte = --001636ed766ffb082b0476ae9a84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > My client wants me to create downloadable PDF files on-the-fly from a > database of news articles. I run Linux servers. Does anyone know if > there's a Linux script or program that can do this for me when the visitor > selects the articles from a webdna database? > If you can generate postscript, you can convert to pdf using ps2pdf One way to generate postscript is to print to a file using a postscript printer (many laser printers are postscript). Python code samples: Not sure how good they are: http://seehuhn.de/pages/psfile I would bet that Python can generate pdf directly. Google it. --001636ed766ffb082b0476ae9a84 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Kenneth Grome <= span dir=3D"ltr"><kengrome@gmail.c= om> wrote:
My client wants me to create downloadable PDF files on-the-fly from a datab= ase of news articles. =A0I run Linux servers. =A0Does anyone know if there&= #39;s a Linux script or program that can do this for me when the visitor se= lects the articles from a webdna database?

If you can generate postscript, you can convert to p= df using ps2pdf

One way to generate postscript is to print to a file= using a postscript printer (many laser printers are postscript).

Python code samples:=A0 Not sure how good they are:
http://seehuhn.de/pages/psfile

I would be= t that Python can generate pdf directly.

Google it.
--001636ed766ffb082b0476ae9a84-- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  2. RE: [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database ("Vincent Medina" 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database (Marc Thompson 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database (JJ WebDNA 2009)
  6. [WebDNA] PDF's on the fly from a webdna database (Kenneth Grome 2009)
--001636ed766ffb082b0476ae9a84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > My client wants me to create downloadable PDF files on-the-fly from a > database of news articles. I run Linux servers. Does anyone know if > there's a Linux script or program that can do this for me when the visitor > selects the articles from a webdna database? > If you can generate postscript, you can convert to pdf using ps2pdf One way to generate postscript is to print to a file using a postscript printer (many laser printers are postscript). Python code samples: Not sure how good they are: http://seehuhn.de/pages/psfile I would bet that Python can generate pdf directly. Google it. --001636ed766ffb082b0476ae9a84 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Kenneth Grome <= span dir=3D"ltr"><kengrome@gmail.c= om> wrote:
My client wants me to create downloadable PDF files on-the-fly from a datab= ase of news articles. =A0I run Linux servers. =A0Does anyone know if there&= #39;s a Linux script or program that can do this for me when the visitor se= lects the articles from a webdna database?

If you can generate postscript, you can convert to p= df using ps2pdf

One way to generate postscript is to print to a file= using a postscript printer (many laser printers are postscript).

Python code samples:=A0 Not sure how good they are:
http://seehuhn.de/pages/psfile

I would be= t that Python can generate pdf directly.

Google it.
--001636ed766ffb082b0476ae9a84-- JJ WebDNA

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