Justin Wells wrote:
>
> Right. But that binary is generated from postscript, at some level,
> which has a well defined textual structure (it's actually a
> programming language). You'd have to run that
> postscript through a post-processor to get the PDF, but I don't see
Yes, I know, we generate lots of PDFs here as are the basis for
information distribution at our main "extranets".
> why it can't be done. RTF is also textual.
>
> Word on the other hand is a proprietary binary moving target. It
> changes with every release, and you have to pay money to read
> the spec (or so I think).
I never needed the spec, as I used OLE libraries for Word. I also use
libraries to deal with PDF.
> I don't think you could do any better turning XML into PDF
> on the fly.
I've never seen code that does this.
Carlos
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