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ASP to PDF

Asked by: angelmist

let 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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2004-04-13 at 03:57:22ID20952127
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Ghostscript PDF Software

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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/htmldoc/).

 

by: angelmistPosted on 2004-04-13 at 04:22:05ID: 10812234

i want to automatically save the asp file to pdf using the visual basic application. the pdf will be saved into a folder.

 

by: khkremerPosted on 2004-04-13 at 04:36:05ID: 10812312

On a server or will this application run on a client machine?

 

by: webwomanPosted on 2004-04-13 at 08:47:55ID: 10814592

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?

 

by: angelmistPosted on 2004-04-13 at 18:22:37ID: 10819323

i want to save the static version of the asp page.. a snapshot from the browser shows.. how to do that?

 

by: khkremerPosted on 2004-04-13 at 18:54:08ID: 10819449

HTMLDoc (see link in my first comment) will do this for you. A commercial alternative is activePDF's WebGrabber (http://www.activepdf.com/en/Products/WebGrabber/Start.asp)

 

by: angelmistPosted on 2004-04-20 at 02:06:46ID: 10867038

i've solved this issue myself by using vb to write html tags to word doc and save it. then i open up the word doc n convert it to pdf by using distiller.

 

by: khkremerPosted on 2004-04-20 at 03:36:36ID: 10867483

You never answered my question about client vs. server. If you are running this on the server, you cannot use Distiller.

 

by: khkremerPosted on 2004-04-20 at 12:19:07ID: 10871578

Even though I think angelmist is using Acrobat in breach of the EULA (that's the only explanation I have for not answering my repeated questions regarding server vs. client), I don't have any reason to object to the closing of this question.

 

by: moduloPosted on 2004-04-24 at 08:15:19ID: 10907794

Closed, 50 points refunded.
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