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Roy G. Vervoort

Is it possible (and how) to create a acrobat file with Visual Basic.
(without having acrobat installed on your computer)

thanks

roy
The Netherlands

Jul 17 '05 #1

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mayayana

Open Office can make PDFs, so I don't think you
need any Adobe libraries. I don't know whether
there's code or a control for VB.

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Roy G. Vervoort <ro**********@r ojaal.nl> wrote in message
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Is it possible (and how) to create a acrobat file with Visual Basic.
(without having acrobat installed on your computer)

thanks

roy
The Netherlands

Jul 17 '05 #2

Jeffrey R. Bailey

You can get the specification for making a PDF directly from Adobe or from
one of my favorite websites:
http://www.wotsit.org/

Click the link called Text Files/Documents. I believe the 2nd page of
results has a zipped version of the file specification. Adobe publishes it
to allow you to create PDF files directly, without any code/controls/tools
from them.

However, do it this way isn't practical for most VB programmers, buying a
third party control is better. I have read that the following company
produces a good control:
http://www.amyuni.com/en/products/index.php

But I have no personal experience with their control.

HTH
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Jeffrey R. Bailey
"Roy G. Vervoort" <ro**********@r ojaal.nl> wrote in message
news:40******** *************@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .

Is it possible (and how) to create a acrobat file with Visual Basic.
(without having acrobat installed on your computer)

thanks

roy
The Netherlands

Jul 17 '05 #3

Steve Gerrard

"Roy G. Vervoort" <ro**********@r ojaal.nl> wrote in message
news:40******** *************@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .

Is it possible (and how) to create a acrobat file with Visual Basic.
(without having acrobat installed on your computer)

thanks

roy
The Netherlands

Although they may not be exactly what you are after, I have had good
experience with these two products:
1. Active Reports, a control that creates all sorts of printed output,
and can export PDF files. Good for database reports and freestyle as
well. However it is expensive now.
2. pdfFactory, a $50 program that installs on a computer as a printer,
and allows you to capture anything you can print as a PDF file. Don't
know how I got along without it. www.fineprint.com is their site.

Jul 17 '05 #4

Charles Kincaid

"Roy G. Vervoort" <ro**********@r ojaal.nl> wrote in news:40277557$0 $150
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Is it possible (and how) to create a acrobat file with Visual Basic.
(without having acrobat installed on your computer)

thanks

roy
The Netherlands

Try http://www.pdf995.com/
This is a printer driver so this gives you PDF capabilities in any of
your Windows software. You can use the printer object to create your
report just as if you were going to any Windows color printer.

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ATB

Charles Kincaid

Jul 17 '05 #5

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