Re: Creating PDF

["Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course I make my own hammer!  Doesn't everyone!??!?

GEEZ!

What a great question!



Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Nelson" <pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Creating PDF


> When you need to pound a nail, do you make your own hammers, too?
Calculate
> ((your annual salary/2080)*1.35))*(hours to write the code), I think that
> you will see that $230 is cheap. I use 35% as a reasonable burden rate
that
> includes employer taxes, insurance, rent, utilities, etc.
>
> Paul Nelson
> Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> 708-670-6978 Cell
> 708-923-7354 Home
> pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Creating PDF
>
>
> > $230?  For ONE! utility! That's insane!  You can buy the entire Adobe
> > Acrobat software suite, which comes with a free SDK so that you can
write
> > your own code, AND you have access to all the other tools that are part
of
> > Adobe, for $249.
> >
> > I fail to see how it's cheaper to buy Brad's tool (sorry Brad...but you
> > could lower the  price of your software) when with just a little bit of
> > effort you could roll your own.
> >
> > Beyond that, there are the Java API's to create PDF files which are
> > ridicuosly simple to use.  Joe Pluta and Don Denoncourt wrote a utility
> many
> > moons ago to demonstrate this and I think Joe may still have it
available
> on
> > his website.
> >
> > $230 for one utility.  Hmm...maybe I should stop writing free articles
> about
> > how to build your own software and just start charging people for it
> > too....:-)
> >
> >
> > Shannon O'Donnell
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shrader, Patrick" <pshrader@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:22 PM
> > Subject: RE: Creating PDF
> >
> >
> > > Brad Stone's program costs only $230, and you are done today. I've
used
> it
> > > for several years to do exactly what you are trying to do and I had an
> > > automated PDF and FTP program running in an afternoon. I doubt you
will
> > code
> > > it internally cheaper.
> > >
> > > http://www.bvstools.com/spltool.html
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard [mailto:rvoss@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:56 PM
> > > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Creating PDF
> > >
> > >
> > > I have two questions
> > >
> > > 1)       Is there an API furnished with OS400 that allows me to
convert
> > > an SCS spooled files to PDF
> > >
> > > 2)       Is there an API furnished with OS400 that allows me to create
a
> > > PDF file from within an RPG program
> > >
> > > I would like to convert a spooled file to PDF and put the PDF file on
> our
> > > server. I can either convert an existing SCS spooled file or copy the
> SCS
> > > spooled file into a database file and reprocess it outputting PDF file
> > >
> > > I know there are many vendors out there that do this but I am not
> > interested
> > > in purchasing a 3rd party product if I can accomplish the same thing
> using
> > > OS400
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
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