Add an aside: was Re: ADV: Browser-based development for filePro

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Fairlight wrote:

> If one is -always- going to PDF though, Bob...what is the advantage of WePO
> over just using a local server-side PrintWizard and sending back a PDF?
> Besides not being able to do the simultaneous response that I detailed
> above, what would be the advantages?  I'm drawing a blank, so it might be
> good to outline the differences/advantages between them?

If you're going to generate PDFs anyway, and can do it on the server, 
economically, then there's probably no advantage to using WePO.

An aside: I recently took a contract from a company that wanted a way to 
print a server-generated PDF, a) without anything visually popping up on 
the client, and b) without storing a temporary file on the client. The 
result is that we are hard at work on a PDF reader/printer program, with 
no reliance on Acrobat or Adobe Reader. If this opens up possibilities for 
you, please let me know.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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