i want to automatically save the asp file to pdf using the visual basic application. the pdf will be saved into a folder.
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Browse All Topicslet say now i have asp file as the layout that i want to convert to pdf. i have an adobe distiller and pdf995 with me. i wan to create a vb application to grab data from the database and call the asp file and save it to pdf. is this possible? how can i achieve this? any sample code? pls help
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What do you want the PDF to look like?
If you open the ASP on the server, with any text tool, you'll get the code. If you open it in a browser, using a full url, you should get the HTML result. If it's a dynamic page, you'll only get a STATIC version, a snapshot of what the browser shows.
Is that what you want?
HTMLDoc (see link in my first comment) will do this for you. A commercial alternative is activePDF's WebGrabber (http://www.activepdf.com/
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by: khkremerPosted on 2004-04-13 at 04:07:40ID: 10812139
ASP sounds like a server application. This rules out Distiller (or any part of Acrobat) as the solution. The EULA does not allow the server use of Acrobat with one exception: If you are doing this on an Intranet, and every potential user of this server has a valid license for Acrobat, then you can run Acrobat on the server. Other than that, you need to look for a 3rd party solution. Pdf995 is based on Ghostscript, and does not have this limitation. Using Pdf995 only makes sense if you want to (and can) print to a real printer. If you just want to capture your web page, you can use a tool like the free HTMLDoc (http://www.easysw.com/htm ldoc/).