Generating PDF reports

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 05:54P Tue Nov 11 2008, Ed Hilovsky wrote:

> 
> I use this under Linux.
> 
> 1. In filepro I  print the report to a text file (state.txt)
> 2. Convert the .txt to post script .ps
> (  /usr/bin/enscript --font Courier12 --word-wrap --no-header 
> --output=state.ps state.txt  )
> 3. Covert the .ps to a pdf file
> (  /usr/bin/ps2pdf13 state.ps state.pdf  )
> 4. Email the pdf
> 
> You can run this in batch clearing the .txt, .ps and .pdf files before 
> each new report.

Of course that precludes the inclusion of a logo or other graphic
in the PDF.

Generating PCL and then converting to PDF is far superior.


Jim 
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