TxTextControl (RTF -> PDF)
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I hope this is an acceptable programming related question for the lounge. I have an MFC application that uses Word and the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to create PDF documents from RTF. This is working ok but the runtime licence costs are high i.e. Word and Adobe Writer, and I've been tasked with finding a cheaper alternative. I've found the TxTextControl [^] which, amongst other things, can create PDF documents from RTF with no runtime licencing costs and requires no printer driver nor additional 3rd party tools. It comes in various flavours, but the professional edition includes an ActiveX control and MFC classes. All this for a reasonable $949. I've downloaded the trial edition and is seems to do what is says on the can. Before I jump in and purchase the full licence, does anyone have any good/bad experience of this control (esp the MFC classes)? Are there any gotchas I should watch out for? Gavin
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I hope this is an acceptable programming related question for the lounge. I have an MFC application that uses Word and the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to create PDF documents from RTF. This is working ok but the runtime licence costs are high i.e. Word and Adobe Writer, and I've been tasked with finding a cheaper alternative. I've found the TxTextControl [^] which, amongst other things, can create PDF documents from RTF with no runtime licencing costs and requires no printer driver nor additional 3rd party tools. It comes in various flavours, but the professional edition includes an ActiveX control and MFC classes. All this for a reasonable $949. I've downloaded the trial edition and is seems to do what is says on the can. Before I jump in and purchase the full licence, does anyone have any good/bad experience of this control (esp the MFC classes)? Are there any gotchas I should watch out for? Gavin
Looks cool. I don't suppose you've seen anything similar that is specifically designed for on-screen presentations, not printed documents? Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
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Looks cool. I don't suppose you've seen anything similar that is specifically designed for on-screen presentations, not printed documents? Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. The control is visual e.g. you can use to write a word processor. It's just that I'm going to use its RTF -> PDF feature rather than its graphical/user interface. Gavin
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I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. The control is visual e.g. you can use to write a word processor. It's just that I'm going to use its RTF -> PDF feature rather than its graphical/user interface. Gavin
Gavin Jerman wrote: I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Don't worry then :) The control is similar to MS Word - a word processor. I was meaning something like the text boxes that MS PowerPoint uses - similar, but aimed at a different purpose and more specialised. Anyway, this is probably a conversation for somewhere other than the lounge Have a nice day :) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact" -
I hope this is an acceptable programming related question for the lounge. I have an MFC application that uses Word and the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to create PDF documents from RTF. This is working ok but the runtime licence costs are high i.e. Word and Adobe Writer, and I've been tasked with finding a cheaper alternative. I've found the TxTextControl [^] which, amongst other things, can create PDF documents from RTF with no runtime licencing costs and requires no printer driver nor additional 3rd party tools. It comes in various flavours, but the professional edition includes an ActiveX control and MFC classes. All this for a reasonable $949. I've downloaded the trial edition and is seems to do what is says on the can. Before I jump in and purchase the full licence, does anyone have any good/bad experience of this control (esp the MFC classes)? Are there any gotchas I should watch out for? Gavin
What about Latex? Not exactly rtf, but similiar. The Tex Users Group[^]
If you can keep you head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts you aim; Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it. Rudyard Kipling
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Gavin Jerman wrote: I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Don't worry then :) The control is similar to MS Word - a word processor. I was meaning something like the text boxes that MS PowerPoint uses - similar, but aimed at a different purpose and more specialised. Anyway, this is probably a conversation for somewhere other than the lounge Have a nice day :) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact" -
I hope this is an acceptable programming related question for the lounge. I have an MFC application that uses Word and the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to create PDF documents from RTF. This is working ok but the runtime licence costs are high i.e. Word and Adobe Writer, and I've been tasked with finding a cheaper alternative. I've found the TxTextControl [^] which, amongst other things, can create PDF documents from RTF with no runtime licencing costs and requires no printer driver nor additional 3rd party tools. It comes in various flavours, but the professional edition includes an ActiveX control and MFC classes. All this for a reasonable $949. I've downloaded the trial edition and is seems to do what is says on the can. Before I jump in and purchase the full licence, does anyone have any good/bad experience of this control (esp the MFC classes)? Are there any gotchas I should watch out for? Gavin
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I hope this is an acceptable programming related question for the lounge. I have an MFC application that uses Word and the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to create PDF documents from RTF. This is working ok but the runtime licence costs are high i.e. Word and Adobe Writer, and I've been tasked with finding a cheaper alternative. I've found the TxTextControl [^] which, amongst other things, can create PDF documents from RTF with no runtime licencing costs and requires no printer driver nor additional 3rd party tools. It comes in various flavours, but the professional edition includes an ActiveX control and MFC classes. All this for a reasonable $949. I've downloaded the trial edition and is seems to do what is says on the can. Before I jump in and purchase the full licence, does anyone have any good/bad experience of this control (esp the MFC classes)? Are there any gotchas I should watch out for? Gavin
I use IText (the J# version) for all my PDF needs and I love it. I even made a custom HTML parser to generate PDF from HTML (very handy for reuse of already-made XSLT) and it rocks! But the only way to integrate this with MFC would be by using MC++, and this can lead to deployment issues, if you have a large user base. Kant wrote: Actually she replied back to me "You shouldn't fix the bug. You should kill it"
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> I hope this is an acceptable programming related question for the lounge. Oxymoron alert!! ;P
Daniel Desormeaux wrote: Oxymoron alert!! <correction>Oxymoron alert!! ;P</correction$gt; :-D ;)
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