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Pdf creation in Biztalk 2004 - is this possible?
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| Our company is considering using Biztalk. However, we require that XML
documents to be sent to other entitities may also have to be sent in a pdf
format. Is this possible and how would you go about doing this?
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| Matt Milner 2004-11-11, 8:46 pm |
| You can also write a encoder component or assembler in that would go in your
send pipeline and be responsible for calling out to some .net library that
does the translation from xml to pdf. This way you can continue to work
with XML up to the point of actually transmitting and you can use PDF only
for those recipients that need it.
Matt Milner
"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Our company is considering using Biztalk. However, we require that XML
> documents to be sent to other entitities may also have to be sent in a pdf
> format. Is this possible and how would you go about doing this?
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| BizTalk Architect 2004-11-12, 7:48 am |
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"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A741D8E-8423-43C9-AF03-D004794D4AA9@microsoft.com...
> Our company is considering using Biztalk. However, we require that XML
> documents to be sent to other entitities may also have to be sent in a pdf
> format. Is this possible and how would you go about doing this?
Mark,
I have done this before. I build a com+ component with a *.* to PDF dll we
purchased (cant remember the name).
Time and budget were short so we sent the file via SMTP inside the component
(within BTS transaction), I dont know how to send the PDF back into the sked
to be delivered but as a base line, what you want to do is certainly
feasable
Isaac Ferreira
Certified BizTalk Developer
Application Architect
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| Greg Forsythe 2004-11-12, 5:48 pm |
| You can download an example PDF encoder pipeline component from GotDotNet
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/...23-fe72f317891a
You will need to purchase an XSL-FO-> PDF formatter software, the example
uses one from IBEX, but there are a number of others that you could use.
Greg
"Matt Milner" <matt.milner@m3technologypartners dot com> wrote in message
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> You can also write a encoder component or assembler in that would go in
your
> send pipeline and be responsible for calling out to some .net library that
> does the translation from xml to pdf. This way you can continue to work
> with XML up to the point of actually transmitting and you can use PDF only
> for those recipients that need it.
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> Matt Milner
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> "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9A741D8E-8423-43C9-AF03-D004794D4AA9@microsoft.com...
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