Can I hijack this thread for a second, and ask (since
you mentioned iText) is iText the best way to create PDFs? I ask
because we use CFX_PDF (2.2 I think) to generate reports in PDF format,
and it's okay I guess, but seems kinda clunky and I don't know how
limited it might be. I know that CFX_PDF was written using iText so I'm
just wondering if there's greater control directly using iText, or if
there's another method that's even better. I should probably mention
that I'm running CFMX 6.1 (no 7 yet, though we're trying to get our
client to upgrade)
Thanks,
Chris
Adrian J. Moreno wrote:
Gee,
this sounds familiar for some reason . . .
The RTF route is the quick option if you're only generating RTF files
as your output. If you have to convert RTF to PDF, it's possible and
pretty easy on Linux, given you can install a couple of programs and
have access to <cfexecute>.
The easier thing to do is convert the Word files to PDF and load the
PDF files to the site. You can read and write PDF files pretty easily
using iText. Plus you have the bonuses of being able to distribute the
files to a broader audience and the ability to restrict end-user access
to the files and their content once the files are off the site.
I think iText can read and write RTF files as well, but you'd have to
check the site to be sure.
HTH,
Adrian
Joe Kelly wrote:
Does anybody have any experience or
suggestion on MX 7 "reading" and
processing Microsoft Word documents on MX 7? The latest version of MX
Advanced Application Development has a chapter on it - but I haven't
purchased it yet.
Here's the catch - CF is running on Red Hat ES.
Are there any best practices or recommendations on this?
Thanks,
Joe Kelly
_______________________________________________
Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected]
Subscribe/Unsubscribe:
http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list
List Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/
http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/
DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com www.teksystems.com/
_______________________________________________
Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected]
Subscribe/Unsubscribe:
http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list
List Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/
http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/
DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com www.teksystems.com/
|
_______________________________________________
Reply to DFWCFUG:
[email protected]
Subscribe/Unsubscribe:
http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list
List Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/
http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/
DFWCFUG Sponsors:
www.HostMySite.com
www.teksystems.com/
