RE: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files

2007-07-24 Thread Palmer, Jim
, Michael > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:38 PM > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files > > > Hi list... > > I'm working on an app that generates a pdf based on user settings. It > will be about 20 pages

Re: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files

2007-07-24 Thread dbenman
Why don't you want to use the pdf xtra/Impressario? It has many features readily available that seem like you'd have recreate elsewhere. I'm working on a project now that uses Flash/Director and merges PDFs. -- Original message -- From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EM

RE: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files

2007-07-24 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
So do you think it would be possible to take a fairly complex array, run it through some function in AS2 that describes the document page by page, send it to CF and out pops a pdf? Would it be possible to have templates using the drawing API, and add data? I'm understanding that CF could take all

RE: [Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files

2007-07-23 Thread Dave Watts
> I've never used Cold Fusion before, but I hear there's pdf > generation capability in it. Would Flash + CF work best, or > are there other routes to take? Yes, there's very nice PDF generation in CF 7, and even better PDF generation in the upcoming CF 8. Now that Adobe owns it, the sky's the

[Flashcoders] Options for generating pdf files

2007-07-23 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... I'm working on an app that generates a pdf based on user settings. It will be about 20 pages in length, with some graphics but mostly formatted text. I had been planning to embed this swf in Director and use the pdf xtra. However, I'm wondering what other options are out there. I've