[Typo3-dev] PDFlib and Typo3

Jean-Marie Schweizer jms at marktauftritte.ch
Wed May 5 05:38:31 CEST 2004


Hi developers

I've been following your discussion with great interesst. I see that 
there is not an easy way to find an overall solution.

I see the great benefit of an implementation of a PDF parser with 
extended functionality in the very near future.

Right now translating HTML into PDF might satisfy people but before long 
there will be a need of an automatically generated PDF download that 
follows the corporate design. It is already happening with print 
advertisement. Even smaller businessnes become aware of their 
differences in style and value of their representation of their company.

Since the interenet can und should be based on the corporate design and 
culture it's not going to be acceptable to have forms and downloads that 
ignore that design concept.

On the other side there needs to be an easy way to implement such a 
requirement into an existing project.

I agree that the process of creating a PDF, expecially with extendend 
requirements, is not a walk in the park but rather a thorouw development 
over the years. That's why it would be worth looking for an fitted product.

I've seen projects (one small example is found as a link to it fon 
www.pdflib.de) that create flyers online. The user enters data and 
chooses a standard flyer and the flyer will be printer and shipped to 
him. We also work with the printing business and see a great potentional 
just for that.

I know PDFlib is not Open Source and it would be nice to follow the same 
road Typo3 does, but if there is no other solution, sometimes the 
customer will choose the lincenced product, because his benefits are 
greater that the cost.

I will follow up the links you've postet (it just takes a while) and see 
if they come close to PDFlib. Maybe while looking I see other solutions 
that might be interessting.

The question still stands. Is such an implementation of an PDF parser 
beneficionary to TYPO3 and it's many users or is it just too much of an 
special request for the community cannot get anything out of it.

I apologise if I can't get into the programming jargon and fail to 
contribute to its technical discussion. But I'll be happy to give more 
input from "the other side", if  needed and of any interesst.

Jean-Marie




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