Re: create pdf files


"Bob D." <bobd@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I see this product exports PDF from reporting components.

Yes, eDocEngine exports reports to PDF and other formats, and enables you to
create rich PDFs from scratch.


But as far as I know reporting components (ie FastReport) already export
to PDF without the need of a special 3rd party components.

Am I wrong?

No, you're right. Only, if you want to cover your simple needs today and
also start looking to do more and more with the PDF file, using more and
more of the PDF features, you would find eDocEngine to be a good choice.

Since you asked, here are some points:

Why eDocEngine is the preferred solution for exporting reports?
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* Supports exporting to over 20 popular formats, including PDF, RTF, HTML,
Excel, TIFF, SVG, PNG, JPEG, Metafile and many more.

* Integrates tightly with your reporting tool to enable CODE-FREE
configuration and execution at design-time as well as run-time.

* Allows for extensive configuration of exports through vast set of
intuitively named and grouped properties.

* Charts and Metafiles are rendered as vector graphics to ensure sharp,
scalable graphics in the generated PDF, RTF and other supported formats.
Vector graphics also ensures files are extremely compact and easy to
distribute.

* Supports RichText rendering as RichText (not image) in all document
formats ensuring crisp documents that can be text searched and enlarged
without loss of quality.

* PDF engine supports full set of advanced features including, compression,
encryption, TrueType fonts, font embedding, font sub-setting,
international characters (European, Chinese, Japanese...), bookmarks,
notes annotations and more.

* All standard and custom controls are exported, WITHOUT the need for
extra coding on your part.

* Excel and all spread*** engines support intelligent cell formatting
enabling values to be encoded in the correct format, automatically.

* Supports End-User configuration of exports through *customizable*
run-time dialogs.

* All engines of eDocEngine are highly optimized for HIGH-SPEED export
of reports.

* Highly flexible architecture enables custom programmatic exporting. For
example, you can combine multiple reports then insert your own custom
page (using the eDocEngine API), then append a few more reports and
make a single output document of them.

* And much, much more...

Why use eDocEngine as your generic electronic document creation tool?
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* Generic engine gives full control to create any kind of document
and add custom content to each page after it has been saved.

* Single programming interface enables documents to be coded just
once and output to all 20 supported formats.

* PDF AcroForms support enables you to design richly formatted PDF
forms with support for buttons, checkboxes, lists, edit controls,
JavaScript actions and more.

* Advanced drawing functions include support for drawing tables,
paragraphs and textboxes with a single method call.

* Paragraph control enables automatic multi-line text alignment to
left, right, center or justify.

* Header and Footer control.

* Extensible, well planned architecture enables speedy and clean
implementation of new features, new formats and support for
rendering from new 3rd-party VCL components.

* High-speed rendering of metafiles and commands.

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Girish Patil
Gnostice Information Technologies www.gnostice.com
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PDF tools for developers - VCL, .NET, Java & ActiveX
http://www.gnostice.com/softwaredevelopers.asp


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