Your CF install has the latest patches?  Do they already have the fonts
installed locally?

Since it's tabular data, perhaps the XML import/linking stuff would work
for you?  In theory, it's pretty cool- you define a source, and when they
"sync" the document, the latest content gets pulled in.  In 6 it at least
sorta works (unlike 5 :P), but iirc, it included the whitespace between
XML elements when importing.

As a side note, I've got a function that uses the JExcel java library to
create Excel files-  For excel, nothing beats JExcel's capabilities.

Good luck with Quark, it's a persnickety one.

On 8/17/07, Jerry Johnson wrote:
>
> Actually, trying to move away from xtags!
>
> (I am really the only one at our company that can code them with any
> speed, and there is just too much content to create it all by myself.)
>
> On the other hand, we have pocketfuls of CF developers!
>
> The quark layout person is currently receiving a PDF created from
> Excel right now. The PDF is imported into Quark into an image field.
> This works currently.
>
> I built a cfdocument page that replicates the format and saves the pdf.
>
> If I save it with font embedding, the fonts get a strange prefix (like
> HFGHT-Arial), and quark cannot find the "screen fonts".
> If I save it without the font embedding, the fonts get saved with an
> expected name, but quark still cannot find the "screen font".
>
> I plan on banging my head against this issue all day Tuesday and
> Wednesday (assuming I can finish my Yahoo Maps implementation for an
> ajax search and map app.)
>
> Thanks for the idea, it is actually my 3nd backup plan (first backup
> is to create the excel file from cf, and have the excel person save it
> as a pdf as they do now)
>
> Jerry
>
> On 8/17/07, Dinner wrote:
> > Hey Jerry, forgot to post an idea that worked for me with Quark-
> >
> > XTags!  The only dependable way I found to get crap to look the way
> > I wanted, keep the formatting (so they can do the nifty quark stuff that
> > formats the whole think however they want, etc.), and whatnot.
> >
> > They'd have to have the fonts installed, but it's easy to specify what
> for
> > what and whatnot.  (Make a document, style it, and view the XTags source
> > for the styles).
> >
> > Probably not what you need or wanted, but it's good to know if you do a
> > lot with quark, (especially when you find the XML stuff doesn't work
> quite
> > as advertised!).
> >
> > Other than that, I'd suggest you make sure the fonts are embedded within
> > the PDF, perhaps.
> >
> > If it's too late to help, or wouldn't have helped anyways, well... oh
> well.
>
> 

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