[AccessD] PDF printer driver and SDK

Gustav/JC

...I tried using Ghostscript a few years back when I was experimenting with 
pdf conversion and it had some serious flaws at the time that made me remove 
it from my system ...I never tried it again ...before Lebans put out his 
dlls and code, I used a few different freeware pdf printers with varying 
quality in the conversion ...since converting to Lebans dlls I've not had 
any problems and the conversion quality has been excellent as long as you 
follow his rules ...and his dlls require no money, no registry entrys, no 
referencing, and have no versioning or licensing issues which endears them 
to me for client distribution and maintenance.

...as for what it will do compared to JC's list I don't know since a 
straight conversion is all I've ever required ...since I own Accrobat, I've 
always used it to make any pdf edits I need ...the dll functions do handle 
compression level and passwording but beyond that I've not had a need ...and 
since I no longer use VB (VB.NET is driving me nuts though) that 
functionality is also beyond my needs or expertise.

...each of us has his own way of doing things ...lately I've even started 
using some unbound forms because they let me address some multi-user issues 
that I just couldn't solve with bound ones ...much as it pains me to say so 
:)

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] PDF printer driver and SDK


> Hi William and John
>
> They are very different.
>
> The neevia thingy prints to an installed neevia printer object, which can 
> output in many other format than PDF (could be very useful), while Leban's 
> dlls generate PDF files directly from the report or from a snapshot file.
>
> This neevia example:
>  Example 7 Convert a MS Access report into PDF from Visual Basic  56
> does nothing more than open Access, change the default printer to the 
> special printer, choose PDF format, print the report, set back the default 
> printer.
>
> No matter how small the license is, it can cause issues at clients 
> regarding approval and administration. Thus, we mostly use the free PDF 
> printer from:
>
>  http://freepdfxp.de/fpxp.htm
>
> Note the Administration Manual and the (small) resource kit.
> It uses the Apple Postscript driver and Ghostscript to produce 
> high-quality output.
>
> For more specialized purposes, Leban's dlls are worth a look.
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> wdhindman at bellsouth.net 07-02-2006 11:57:27 >>>
> ...what functionality does it provide that isn't available in Leban's free
> code?
> http://www.lebans.com/reporttopdf.htm
>
> William
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at ColbyConsulting.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 10:45 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] PDF printer driver and SDK
>
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I just discovered this:
>>
>> http://www.neevia.com/
>>
>> Cheap at $19 for the cheapest printer driver (per machine I think) and 
>> $30
>> for the SDK to write VB code to drive it.  I printed my first Access
>> document 15 minutes after discovering the web site, through free 
>> downloads
>> of the driver and SDK.  Of course the free driver places "printed by
>> Docuprinter SDK" in every page of the printed doc, which I assume goes
>> away
>> when you buy the $30 license which I will be doing tonight I think.
>
>
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