web host provider offering ActivePDF?

[Paul]

Hi,

Does anyone use/know of a web hosting provider that they would recommend?
We need to generate pdfs on the fly and our current provider does not offer
ActivePDF?

Thank you for reading and maybe helping.

Paul.

 

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

There are components (some free) for PDF - ActivePDF is more for the
conversion of documents and comes with specific licensing, I cant see any
ISP offering this out of the box as the installation is requires DCOM
modifcations to the server. You are probably going to require a dedicated
hosting service.

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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
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[Paul]

John,

Can you recall any specific component? I have been looking for about a week
now and agree that the licensing of ActivePDF would require an dedicated
(therefore expensive) setup.

15seconds.com does not list any component that would allow for merging of
information into an existing PDF. This is usually my first resource on
these matters. Any leads would help greatly. Thank you.

Paul.

 

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

You would need a component from adobe (or activePDF were releasing one) that
allowed you to extract the contents of a PDF back into text, you would then
have to manipulate the text and other objects and write them out again as a
PDF. There are .NET PDF components pdf995.com, adcpdf etc. you could do the
second part with. The first part comes with a whole loads of issues,
security - protected PDF's - diagrams etc. No easy feat at all I'm afraid.

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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
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Professional Windows Forms - ISBN: 1861005547
Professional JSP 2nd Edition - ISBN: 1861004958
Professional JSP - ISBN:
1861003625
Beginning JSP Web Development - ISBN: 1861002092
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