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Old 01-10-2004, 11:46 PM
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I'm currently working on a big project and I thought I'd make a request in case someone is working on something similar...

Anyway, I would like to enable users to create PDF files out of threads (main post). If you are working on something like this give me a holler.

thank you
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Old 01-11-2004, 12:53 AM
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I'm currently working on a big project and I thought I'd make a request in case someone is working on something similar...

Anyway, I would like to enable users to create PDF files out of threads (main post). If you are working on something like this give me a holler.

thank you
wouldn't there be licensing issues with adobe?
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Old 01-11-2004, 01:30 AM
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wouldn't there be licensing issues with adobe?
i belive so, at least i think, the server or forum owner would have to have a system to generate the PDF"s too
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Old 01-11-2004, 03:27 AM
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haven`t worked on this myself, but I saw this at sourceforge the other day, and some investigation into this might help you some...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf-php
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Old 01-12-2004, 12:00 AM
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<a href="http://www.pdflib.com" target="_blank">PDFLib</a> could also be helpful, but is rather expensive.
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wouldn't there be licensing issues with adobe?
Contrary to the frustratingly common impression, Adobe does not own the PDF format. For instance, OS X can produce PDF files directly from any program that can print. It stands for Portable Document Format...Adobe just adds a bunch of useless garbage like notes and interactivity that make it more of a series of web pages than an electronic document.
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Contrary to the frustratingly common impression, Adobe does not own the PDF format. For instance, OS X can produce PDF files directly from any program that can print. It stands for Portable Document Format...Adobe just adds a bunch of useless garbage like notes and interactivity that make it more of a series of web pages than an electronic document.
^^ thanks for clearing that up fliburt
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Old 01-12-2004, 02:20 PM
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haven`t worked on this myself, but I saw this at sourceforge the other day, and some investigation into this might help you some...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf-php
that's exactly the one I have saved on file ... I will eventually get around to this if no one jumps on the project.

Some of you may ask why PDF? PDF will allow users to download content in a printed format that will look the same across many platforms ... browsers, pda, web appliances, etc, etc... a feature like this would be GREAT for businesses.
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Yep. Such a feature would be deffo great. The main question is if you want to keep the original layout (eg. Style) within the PDF. I think this could become somewhat difficult.

Something like the "print version"-thread display might be much easier to convert.
When I got enough spare time (which currenlty isn't the case) I think i'll play around a bit with this ...
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I am more interested in the "formatting of content" that is submitted ... not the layout of the site.
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