Re: .Net pdf components

we use devexpress reporting components and for any given report the user can
save the output as a pdf, we call down into some methods on the devexpress
objects to render the report to a pdf document.

it's just the 10% of reports that are really more appropriate for some kind
of mail merge that we are trying to shoehorn into our reporting model.


-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
Stuart Laughlin
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] .Net pdf components


Just FYI I recently went through seeking and selecting a PDF
component. Unfortunately none that we tested really stood out as being
stellar. However, the portion that all components seem to struggle
with most is printing. And when I say 'struggle' I mean it just flat
out doesn't work in some cases, and in others the output looks like
crap.

It's so bad, in fact, that a friend and I are seriously considering
developing a PDF printing offering.

Anyway, for your sanity's sake, I hope you don't have to print PDFs. :)


--Stuart

On 3/27/07, Phil Sayers <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks for the links...
>
> it looks like PDF4Net by O2 solutions is going to provide the features we
> need at the best price.
>
> asppose would cost us to much to redistribute
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
> and controls [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Dave Heizer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:08 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] .Net pdf components
>
>
> I have had a lot of luck using PDF4Net by O2 solutions.  I have not used
the
> forms features in  a production app, but it has proved to be easy to use.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and
> controls [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil
> Sayers
> Sent: 03/27/2007 8:57 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] .Net pdf components
>
> hello all,
>
> in the reporting module of our application, certain reports are printed on
> pre-printed forms, so our customers send us a couple of the pre-printed
> forms and we design our report layouts to simply "fill in the blanks".
>
> A new requirement has surfaced where our customers would like to be able
to
> email these reports as email attachments.  I already have code in place to
> send the emails...etc.
>
> Our customers design these pre-printed forms in-house, typically with
Adobe
> Acrobat.  Assuming our customers can provide the original "proof" of these
> pre-printed forms....I'm looking for a .Net component where I can
basically
> "mail merge" into the pdf document.  I've used "pdf forms" online, where i
> fill out a pdf document online and i can print it, there has to be a way
to
> do this through code.
>
> has anyone done this before, and had a good/bad experience with a
particular
> component.
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>
>