At 03:17 PM 5/19/2009, you wrote:
>Why couldn't you just call the servlet from mx:httpService? What's >the output from the servlet? If it's a bitmap graphic file (jpeg, >gif, png) you won't need a font. I didn't know if/how it was possible to call a Java Servlet from a Flex App. Figured it probably was, but that's why I asked this question. Can you give me an example of how that would work? I have no clue how to do such a thing. Thanks, Laurence MacNeill Mableton, Georgia, USA >-- >Howard Fore, <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >"The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood > > >On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Laurence MacNeill ><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >Has anybody here ever tried to print PDF417 barcodes in Flex? It's >far more than a simple embed-the-font kind of thing, as you need a >proper encoder to encode the data before printing it in the PDF417 font. > >I can buy the font, no problem. But the encoder is what's getting me >-- closest encoder I can buy is a Java Servlet, and I have no idea >if/how that can be integrated into a Flex app. Does anyone know if >that's possible? > >Of course, the best solution would be the source code for a proper >encoder in ActionScript, I suppose. Does anyone have that? Or know >where I can get it? > >Thanks, > >Laurence MacNeill >Mableton, Georgia, USA > > > >------------------------------------ > >-- >Flexcoders Mailing List >FAQ: ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >Alternative FAQ location: ><https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847>https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 >Search Archives: ><http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! > >Groups Links > ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.34/2122 - Release Date: >05/19/09 06:21:00

