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4 total messages Started by res0673o Wed, 09 May 2001 15:09

#170

Author: res0673o
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 15:09

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I don't know that this is the correct forum to ask this question but I not
having any luck figuring this out.

I'm developing an intranet that accesses files in Word, Excel, Viso, and
other window's based programs.  The servers are windows based servers.

The files are created and maintained by many 'low tech' individuals so if I
ask them to create their own pdf files there will be mistakes.

Here's what I'm looking for:  I want a program or script that will go to
many predefined servers and files of various types and create a pdf file on
another server with the push of a button.

I know Adobe will do this if they make postscript files but I want to
automate that step as well.  Can anyone send me in the right direction?

--



Nicole and Jim Johnson
Our Website:  http://communities.msn.com/EriksONE/homepage

Re: automating website maintenance

#171

Author: Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 19:30

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Adobe has an online PDF creator - you get 3 tries for free, and a
subscription costs $99 a year for unlimited files. The only downside is
that if a PDF file can't be created in less than 10 minutes, it times
out. But we've been able to do files 50 pages long that way without a
problem.

http://createpdf.adobe.com

Holly

res0673o <res0673o@gte.net> wrote:

: Here's what I'm looking for:  I want a program or script that will go to
: many predefined servers and files of various types and create a pdf file on
: another server with the push of a button.

Re: automating website maintenance

#172

Author: res0673o
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 22:59

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Thanks for your help, I'll give it a try.

--


Nicole and Jim Johnson
Our Website:  http://communities.msn.com/EriksONE/homepage
"Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty" <hrusso@chokeonspam.wam.umd.edu> wrote in
message news:9dc5sb$731$1@dailyplanet.wam.umd.edu...
> Adobe has an online PDF creator - you get 3 tries for free, and a
> subscription costs $99 a year for unlimited files. The only downside is
> that if a PDF file can't be created in less than 10 minutes, it times
> out. But we've been able to do files 50 pages long that way without a
> problem.
>
> http://createpdf.adobe.com
>
> Holly
>
> res0673o <res0673o@gte.net> wrote:
>
> : Here's what I'm looking for:  I want a program or script that will go to
> : many predefined servers and files of various types and create a pdf file
on
> : another server with the push of a button.

Re: automating website maintenance

#173

Author: Bill
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:43

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If you're really hardcore, you could achieve scripted/unattended
creation of PDF file using Apache FOP (see
http://xml.apache.org/fop/index.html).  I have done this before and it
works well, but you must be willing to learn a bit about Java and XML.

Bill McMilleon
mcmilwj@NO-hotmail-SPAM.com
Brainbench MVP for HTML
http://www.brainbench.com/

On Wed, 09 May 2001 15:09:15 GMT, "res0673o" <res0673o@gte.net> wrote:

>Here's what I'm looking for:  I want a program or script that will go to
>many predefined servers and files of various types and create a pdf file on
>another server with the push of a button.
>
>I know Adobe will do this if they make postscript files but I want to
>automate that step as well.  Can anyone send me in the right direction?
>
>Nicole and Jim Johnson
>Our Website:  http://communities.msn.com/EriksONE/homepage

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