Fixed format documents
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I'm working on a project which involves printing invoices. Those invoices have predefined layouts (more than one) which may contain tables(of purchased products), images and so on. What should i use for displaying/printing them?. I've used an activex ie control and XML/XSL generated pages for this kind of work in the past but now i need pagination and some other features that html cannot provide. Generating pdf files is also an option but i don't know which api to use
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I'm working on a project which involves printing invoices. Those invoices have predefined layouts (more than one) which may contain tables(of purchased products), images and so on. What should i use for displaying/printing them?. I've used an activex ie control and XML/XSL generated pages for this kind of work in the past but now i need pagination and some other features that html cannot provide. Generating pdf files is also an option but i don't know which api to use
Straight ASCII and Form Feed characters! :P Seriously, I would think that something like PDF would work well here, as would something like a reporting package (like Crystal Reports). There are APIs that allow you to programmatically create a PDF document, but I do not know of any free ones. Peace!
-=- James
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Straight ASCII and Form Feed characters! :P Seriously, I would think that something like PDF would work well here, as would something like a reporting package (like Crystal Reports). There are APIs that allow you to programmatically create a PDF document, but I do not know of any free ones. Peace!
-=- James
Please rate this message - let me know if I helped or not! * * *If you think it costs a lot to do it right, just wait until you find out how much it costs to do it wrong!
Avoid driving a vehicle taller than you and remember that Professional Driver on Closed Course does not mean your Dumb Ass on a Public Road!
See DeleteFXPFiles