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#1: Jun 27 '07
I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the user
click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF. Is
there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
distribute it easily?
--
Mike
Alberto Poblacion
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#2: Jun 27 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

"Mike9900" <Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Quote:
>I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the
user
click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF.
Is
there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
distribute it easily?

ITextSharp is available at SourceForge:
http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/

It is not a printer driver, but it will allow you to create PDFs from
your program.
Egghead
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#3: Jun 27 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

thanks
very very intersecting.
Anyway, I use primopdf from activepdf. Since it is free, I believe you will
not have problem distributing it.
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cheers,
RL
"Alberto Poblacion" <earthling-quitaestoparacontestar@poblacion.orgwrote
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Quote:
"Mike9900" <Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:5F2A0CDF-F833-4C30-8BAD-4E519B2914E6@microsoft.com...
Quote:
>>I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
>the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the
>user
>click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF.
>Is
>there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
>distribute it easily?
>
>
ITextSharp is available at SourceForge:
http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/
>
It is not a printer driver, but it will allow you to create PDFs from
your program.
>

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#4: Jun 27 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

Yes activepdf is ok if you do not want to programmatically print to pdf using
a driver. If you need to do programmatically they charge per customer!!
--
Mike


"Egghead" wrote:
Quote:
thanks
very very intersecting.
Anyway, I use primopdf from activepdf. Since it is free, I believe you will
not have problem distributing it.
--
cheers,
RL
"Alberto Poblacion" <earthling-quitaestoparacontestar@poblacion.orgwrote
in message news:OtrY2NLuHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Quote:
"Mike9900" <Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:5F2A0CDF-F833-4C30-8BAD-4E519B2914E6@microsoft.com...
Quote:
>I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the
user
click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF.
Is
there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
distribute it easily?

ITextSharp is available at SourceForge:
http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/

It is not a printer driver, but it will allow you to create PDFs from
your program.
>
>
>
Egghead
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#5: Jun 27 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

Do not know that, I do not use the primopdf API as well.
Anyway, I use ComponentOne print control ( it has the print preview) which
has the PDF output as well.
--
cheers,
RL
"Mike9900" <Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Quote:
Yes activepdf is ok if you do not want to programmatically print to pdf
using
a driver. If you need to do programmatically they charge per customer!!
--
Mike
>
>
"Egghead" wrote:
>
Quote:
>thanks
>very very intersecting.
>Anyway, I use primopdf from activepdf. Since it is free, I believe you
>will
>not have problem distributing it.
>--
>cheers,
>RL
>"Alberto Poblacion" <earthling-quitaestoparacontestar@poblacion.org>
>wrote
>in message news:OtrY2NLuHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Quote:
"Mike9900" <Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:5F2A0CDF-F833-4C30-8BAD-4E519B2914E6@microsoft.com...
>>I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then
>>email
>the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the
>user
>click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to
>PDF.
>Is
>there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
>distribute it easily?
>
>
ITextSharp is available at SourceForge:
http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/
>
It is not a printer driver, but it will allow you to create PDFs
from
your program.
>
>>
>>
>>

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#6: Jul 8 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

We can do this project for you. We have the source as well if you need it.
The whole question really is what kind of PDF do you want?
-Jordan
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WeDoDrivers.com
"The Printer Driver Experts"
We handle any size printer driver project, large or small.


"Mike9900" wrote:
Quote:
I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the user
click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF. Is
there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
distribute it easily?
--
Mike
Mark Rae [MVP]
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#7: Jul 8 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

"Mike9900" <Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:5F2A0CDF-F833-4C30-8BAD-4E519B2914E6@microsoft.com...
Quote:
>I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the
user
click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF.
Is
there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
distribute it easily?
http://www.siberix.com

Superb product. Will create PDFs without a printer driver, will print them
directly to your default (or any other installed) printer etc...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
ajk
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#8: Jul 9 '07

re: virtual printer driver for PDF

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:42:03 -0700, Mike9900
<Mike9900@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:
Quote:
>I would like our app to print to PDF instead of the printer and then email
>the pdf. For example, we have a print preview of an invoice and if the user
>click to print the preview and selects the PDF dirver, it prints to PDF. Is
>there a source code that does this or a control to buy and be able to
>distribute it easily?
I use PDFCreator available on sourceforge

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

hth/ajk
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