Just a quick request to anyone who might be able to point me towards some useful software to convert Lotus Notes documents into PDF files. I know that there are a number of applications/add-ons out there, but most do some, but not all, of my wishlist:
1 - enables printing of Lotus Notes documents to a PDF file
2 - doesn't require a client side installation of a printer driver
3 - doesn't require any client side dll files
4 - doesn't require http to be running on the server
5 - handles rich text fields without conversion/issue
6 - enables the pdf generation to be done programmatically
7 - is quick enough to be real time
8 - is free/open source (ok - this isn't a "must have" but would be nice in an ideal world)
The documents are just normal documents - but they do contain rich text fields which can potentially have formatting (eg letter templates, images, tables etc)
anyone got/used/heard of something that might help?
(note items 4, 5 and 6 - they seem to be the biggies - I can't seem to find something which does them both)
also - if anyone has played with iText, I'd be interested to hear how it went with rich text fields...
Archive for January of 2007
Lotus Notes and PDF files
tim rynne - January 23, 2007Rynne2.0
tim rynne - January 19, 2007
my... how things change...
This time last year we were abuzz with news of our travels around the USA in the lead-up to Lotusphere 2006, but this year it's a very different story indeed. This year, apart from sadly not being able to make the trip to Lotusphere 2007, Laurette and I have welcomed the beautiful little Emily Grace Rynne. There is one similiarity between being a new parent and a trip to Lotusphere for those of us from the other side of the world - the constant feeling of jet-lag!
If you've read the story on Laurette's blog, then you'll know that we've delivered almost the perfect contractor baby scenario - after a 40-week delivery schedule, Laurette went into final UAT (hospital) on the day before the due date. Whilst the baby was technically "complete" and "signed off", there was still the matter of the delivery before the project was truly complete. After considering our options for implementation (delivery) - parallel, rip and replace etc, we decided on a full deployment. After pulling an all-nighter, she was delivered at 3.30am on the morning of her due date (January 4, 2007) - which gave us until around 6am to tidy things up and complete the paperwork... just in time to sign off on the deal as promised before the business day got under way.
How are things going so far? - well... it's certainly a shock to the system to be constantly, relentlessly, on-call 24/7 to her demands (although, I guess being married to Laurette has been a good preparation!). We're getting used to the concentrated efforts every four or so hours - getting through the cycle of feeding, changing, settling, (singing, dancing), and then hoping that she sleeps enough so we can have a chance to recover for the next time around.
It's a case of "so far, so good" I suppose - don't get me wrong - there have been times where I've found myself up at 3, 4 and 5am trying to remember the words to any lullaby I've heard in the last 30-odd years, and finally settling on making up my own... we love her completely, and as new parents, we're facing all the challenges and fears that come with the territory, and, as tired as we might be... if we're honest, we're loving every minute! (well... almost every minute!)
This time last year we were abuzz with news of our travels around the USA in the lead-up to Lotusphere 2006, but this year it's a very different story indeed. This year, apart from sadly not being able to make the trip to Lotusphere 2007, Laurette and I have welcomed the beautiful little Emily Grace Rynne. There is one similiarity between being a new parent and a trip to Lotusphere for those of us from the other side of the world - the constant feeling of jet-lag!
If you've read the story on Laurette's blog, then you'll know that we've delivered almost the perfect contractor baby scenario - after a 40-week delivery schedule, Laurette went into final UAT (hospital) on the day before the due date. Whilst the baby was technically "complete" and "signed off", there was still the matter of the delivery before the project was truly complete. After considering our options for implementation (delivery) - parallel, rip and replace etc, we decided on a full deployment. After pulling an all-nighter, she was delivered at 3.30am on the morning of her due date (January 4, 2007) - which gave us until around 6am to tidy things up and complete the paperwork... just in time to sign off on the deal as promised before the business day got under way.
How are things going so far? - well... it's certainly a shock to the system to be constantly, relentlessly, on-call 24/7 to her demands (although, I guess being married to Laurette has been a good preparation!). We're getting used to the concentrated efforts every four or so hours - getting through the cycle of feeding, changing, settling, (singing, dancing), and then hoping that she sleeps enough so we can have a chance to recover for the next time around.
It's a case of "so far, so good" I suppose - don't get me wrong - there have been times where I've found myself up at 3, 4 and 5am trying to remember the words to any lullaby I've heard in the last 30-odd years, and finally settling on making up my own... we love her completely, and as new parents, we're facing all the challenges and fears that come with the territory, and, as tired as we might be... if we're honest, we're loving every minute! (well... almost every minute!)