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Best C++ Tool For Generating Simple .PDF
On Mar 18, 9:15*pm, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
Hi All, I'd like to know what tool is most appropriate for a C++ programmer to generate a 1-page .PDF file. Naturally, the options a 1. Launching a pre-packaged tool using system() [or CreateProcess on Windows] call. 2. Excecuting .PDF library functions. In my experience, I have found 2 to be the simplest to work with from a programmers point of view, especially in the case of errors. What are you thoughts? My thoughts so far from first observations is that libHaru is a clean product, so I feel no compulsion to look anywhere else. http://libharu.org/wiki/Main_Page But...as typical with newbies, I probably asked the wrong question: I need to be able to generate letters for our customers from a database of contact info. I need to: 1. Generate, say, 10,000 letters from a generic .DOC template and of 10,000 specific addresses of our customers. 2. Add small piece of per-customer personalized information to the middle of the letter, like account number - about 300 characters. 3. Generate a batch of the letters, deferring printing until later. I need to have all 10,000 letters in electronic form.... I think... 4. Convert letters from .DOC or .DOCX format to .PDF. I know that #1 is something many of you have done many times, as I recall writing a macro in Word for a client in 1996 to merge mailing lists and dump duplicates. Initially I thought about using a .PDF C++ library like libHaru to generate the final .PDF's programmatically, which I guess would not be too difficult, then realized that my problem is so common, there is probably an easier more straight-forward way. Is there? TIA, -Le Chaud Lapin- |
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Best C++ Tool For Generating Simple .PDF
On Mar 19, 10:34*am, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
Initially I thought about using a .PDF C++ library like libHaru to generate the final .PDF's programmatically, which I guess would not be too difficult, then realized that my problem is so common, there is probably an easier more straight-forward way. Is there? Yes, there is. After reading HELP in Microsoft Word, I discovered that what I am looking for is nothing more than a simple mail merge. How embarrassing that I was about to swat a fly with a sledgehammer. -Le Chaud Lapin- |
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