Hey Bob, I do promise that I will look at it. It may be exactly what I am looking for and as I said I _want_ to look at all solutions proposed.
My inherent developer side always draws me to 'roll-your-own' solutions first since they generally give you a lot more control. The down side obviously is the complexity issue. And that ALWAYS sends you looking for robust solutions that may trade off some _control_ for manageability and less headaches. In other words, I'm just as _practical_ as much as I am a "Big Idea" guy. :) I favor LaTeX because of the huge community that surrounds it and the wealth of information that can be derived from it and because it produces beautiful documents. That being said, it's also very terse and not well known. Since I am the sole programmer I have to consider the person who will inevitably fill my shoes one day when I move on. What is the likely hood of them knowing LaTeX? How difficult would it be for them to learn? and so on. When taking questions like that into consideration you can see how they may tip the scales in favor of another method. Norm On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Bob Rasmussen <r...@anzio.com> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Norman Bauer wrote: > >> Glen,Bill, Ron, and Brian, >> >> Thanks for the input on this. Glen's way seems to be about the same >> way I am thinking of going about it. And it is proof enough to me that >> it is possible, allthough I am going to probably use LaTex to do the >> markup, it looks nicer. We are running UV on Windows and will be for >> the forseeable future however this would be a great oppertunity to >> intro Linux into the environment. My company is under new managment >> and they were always opposed to the idea, the new managment is looking >> to improve and cut cost. > > Although I haven't looked at LaTex for some time (if ever), and it might > provide a very good solution, let me chime in to reinforce the earlier > reference to Tony G's description of Print Wizard, our product. > > In a nutshell, you could program your UV to output HTML-like page > descriptions. In fact, much of it could be HTML, although there is some > HTML we don't support. Conversely, there are things we support that HTML > doesn't such as specifying: > > * Generation of barcodes > * Paper size, orientation, etc. > * Precise placement of text and graphics on the page. > * Form overlays > * and more. > > The output of Print Wizard can go to: > > * Any Windows-supported printer > * Windows-only printers > * TIFF > * Fax > * PDF > > When you generate a PDF, you can also: > > * Create a table of contents > * Attach other documents > * Create internal or external links > * Certify the document > * Email it, interactively, semi-interactively, or automatically > > We're talking $300. > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com > company e-mail: r...@anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
