RE: PDF
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22651
interpreted = N
texte = One way to accomplish this with WebCat does require a little knowledge of postscript and the use of Acrobat Distiller. We do this using a program developed internally using C on a unix box. In a nutshell you create a form in PageMaker, Quark, Word, etc and save to a postscript file (postscript is just text). In the areas you want filled out by Webcat insert your [tags] in the postscript file. Using a combination of include and writefile you would create a new postscript file with the of merged fields (kinda like a mail merge.) Then have WebCat move the file to a Acrobat Distiller watched folder. It will create a pdf file. Then use WebCat to move it to the location you need for download.Remember, this is a simplified explanation of how it could be done. But it definitely is doable.Mark>>There are several ways to do this, but not yet directly from webcat. One way >>is to download the Acrobat SDK though this is the hardest solution. You >>could buy the Adobe Acrobat PDF Maker which will let most applications on >>your server to print to PDF, sorta like Print to File. Then with Apple >>Script or a DOS Batch File, you can write glue that can send text to a >>template in Word, Word then Prints to PDF, then Webcat delivers that file >>to your user. Lots of glue, but certainly possible. >> >>Aloha, Olin > > Thanks Olin for your answer. I think a developement system like Acrobat > SDK is directed to people like PCS developers. So I wish express a feature > request, for a next WEBCAT release, something that permits to generate a > pdf file. I will be glad to hear more about the question from PCS. > > thanks > > helene ----------------------------------------------------------- Mark Anderson marka@fabian.com Director of Operations and IS http://www.fabian.com/ Fabian Investment Resources (714) 536-1931 x259 -----------------------------------------------------------
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One way to accomplish this with WebCat does require a little knowledge of postscript and the use of Acrobat Distiller. We do this using a program developed internally using C on a unix box. In a nutshell you create a form in PageMaker, Quark, Word, etc and save to a postscript file (postscript is just text). In the areas you want filled out by Webcat insert your [tags] in the postscript file. Using a combination of include and writefile you would create a new postscript file with the of merged fields (kinda like a mail merge.) Then have WebCat move the file to a Acrobat Distiller watched folder. It will create a pdf file. Then use WebCat to move it to the location you need for download.Remember, this is a simplified explanation of how it could be done. But it definitely is doable.Mark>>There are several ways to do this, but not yet directly from webcat. One way >>is to download the Acrobat SDK though this is the hardest solution. You >>could buy the Adobe Acrobat PDF Maker which will let most applications on >>your server to print to PDF, sorta like Print to File. Then with Apple >>Script or a DOS Batch File, you can write glue that can send text to a >>template in Word, Word then Prints to PDF, then Webcat delivers that file >>to your user. Lots of glue, but certainly possible. >> >>Aloha, Olin > > Thanks Olin for your answer. I think a developement system like Acrobat > SDK is directed to people like PCS developers. So I wish express a feature > request, for a next WEBCAT release, something that permits to generate a > pdf file. I will be glad to hear more about the question from PCS. > > thanks > > helene ----------------------------------------------------------- Mark Anderson marka@fabian.com Director of Operations and IS http://www.fabian.com/ Fabian Investment Resources (714) 536-1931 x259 -----------------------------------------------------------
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