EXTERNAL Loch Sebastian (Firma Ferchau; BhP/TEF17) wrote: > Hi there, > > does anyone did it a conversion from postscript data > to pdf with PoDoFo?
Wrong tool for the job. You want a postscript processor. As Dom noted, GhostScript is one such tool. Please note the full-GPL/AFPL dual licensing if you're considering using it in a commercial product - you'll probably need to license it. Adobe also produces a number of PostScript -> PDF conversion tools. The most well known is of course Acrobat Distiller, but there's also Distiller Server, and I think Adobe's PDF library (for application embedding) is also capable of PS->PDF conversion. > Is it possible to embed the postscript data somehow? Your question isn't all that clear. Do you wish to create a PDF document from a PostScript file and embed the original PostScript data in the PDF as a non-displayed object so that it can be extracted later or used by other tools? If so, absolutely: see the PDF reference for information on how to store application-specific data in PDF in a way that won't disturb PDF processors that aren't aware of it. If, instead, you want to embed the PostScript in such a way as that it's drawn by the PDF processor as a part of the page: no, you can't. You must convert it to PDF objects and content streams. If the PostScript is simple and follows well defined patterns you might be able to write code to do this yourself, but in most cases it'll be smarter to use a tool like Distiller or GhostScript to convert the PostScript to PDF. If you want to embed the converted PS (or part of it) in a larger PDF or place it on a page, you can do so using an XObject like any other PDF. See podofoimpose. -- Craig Ringer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
