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Preferred method of creating PDF's?

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I'm interested to know everyone's preferred method of automatically creating PDF's. I'm familiar with the PDF::Create pm, but I've found it severely lacking. What I did was write a VBS to convert a Word document to a PDF. This is serving me okay, but I'm interested in something more flexible and sleek.

Pointers appreciated.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(3) TS 6.1 on W2K

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gzevin

Dave, if your project is on Windows, there are heaps of free/cheap word to pdf converters (e.g., PrimoPDF, CZ-Doc2Pdf)... just seach the net

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

Migrateduser

Greg,

Thanks for the good advice! You're right in that it's on Windows, but since I posted my message, I discovered that the business users are using WORDPERFECT! Yes, that's right, WordPerfect. Remember WordPerfect? Yeah, it took me back, too

it's actually quite a nice product and very possibly better than Word but it's been a long time since I've looked at it. Do you know of any tools in that regard?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(3) TS 6.1 on W2K

gzevin

I believe CZ-Doc2Pdf supports wordperfect format

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

Adam Stoller

Try going to google and typing "wordperfect pdf convert" for the search terms - you'll find a number of hits to investigate.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

Migrateduser

Just in case I was Google-illiterate, right?

Needless to say, I did that first but I'm not willing to pay any money for this utility. I know it's possible by means of a simple VB or other script and, as a casual contributor to SourceForge, I'm a proponent of open-source software.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(3) TS 6.1 on W2K

nipper

THere is a tool for $25 on download.com that converts WP to PDF

gzevin

I'm a proponent of open-source software.

how about TeamSite?

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

gzevin

On a serious note, in a number of implementations I architected and/or implemented a number of PDF conversions... using free tools.. like ghostscript, doc2html (?) , etc

so, if you try to search, I am sure something free will be available

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

Migrateduser

Aaaah, you haven't seen Interwoven's price tag, my friend...

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

gzevin

what makes you think like that?

Greg Zevin, Ph.D. Comp. Sc.
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

Migrateduser

I've seen both of those and I don't think they'll be able to fit my needs, but seriously, that's ok. I think what I'll do is not advertise this to the customer. I'll manage expectations

and if I get something working, that'll be gravy.

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.5 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3

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Migrateduser

While you can create PDF using open source software (such as the FOP from apache) I've worked with customers that have gone with licensed software such as ItemField.

It depends on your needs.

Bob