Wouldn't it be quicker to just generate an MD5SUM value and check if it is changed? IIRC you will still have to use another tool like iText to lock down the PDF (I could be wrong here as I never tried to do this).
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ashley Martens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Basic help needed > > It's really silly. I'm creating this software to interface > another company. That company returns a report as a text > file, however, my client does not want his employees to be > able to change the text file so he wants it converted to a PDF. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu 4/21/2005 2:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Basic help needed > > Well, FO doesn't have any sense of breaking at an arbitrary > number of characters. The FO idiom is to fill the line until > the end of the line or the end of the text is reached. > > If you really want to break the text every eighty lines, you > can do it with XSLT and then put each chunk in its own block. > Getting the line break to be at the last space before 80 > characters will be a bit more interesting, but not impossible. > > I'm curious why you would want to create a PDF representation > of what is usually a pure-text representation method. Why not > let PDF do what PDF does well (make paragraphs, have bold for > emphasis, and so on)? > > Jay Bryant > Bryant Communication Services > (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) > > > > > "Ashley Martens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 04/21/2005 12:50 PM > Please respond to > [email protected] > > > To > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc > > Subject > Basic help needed > > > > > > > I trying to convert a simple text document, with no line > feeds, into a > simple PDF that is wrapped at 80 characters. Can anyone > suggest the FO > syntax to do this? > > E-Mail Confidentiality Notification > > ----------------------------------- > > This e-mail message (and any associated files) contains > information from > Associated Software Consultants (ASC), Inc. and is intended > only for the > use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and > may contain > information that is confidential, subject to copyright or > constitutes a > trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby > notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of > this message, > or files associated with this message, is strictly > prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify us immediately > by replying > to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages > sent to and > from us may be monitored. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-Mail Confidentiality Notification > > ----------------------------------- > > This e-mail message (and any associated files) contains > information from Associated Software Consultants (ASC), Inc. > and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain information that is > confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade > secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby > notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of > this message, or files associated with this message, is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in > error, please notify us immediately by replying to the > message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to > and from us may be monitored. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
