RE: [PHP-WIN] OLE/COM stuff - let's have some fun with Word andAc robat!

Thank you all for all of the suggestions. I'm going to get started on it tomorrow and I promise to keep everyone updated. John --------------------- John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com Web Applications Developer http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! Licking County, Ohio, USA 740-349-3631 > -----Original Message----- > From: alain samoun [mailto:alain@samoun.com] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:38 PM > To: 'Andy Hoffman'; 'PHPWINDOWS' > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] OLE/COM stuff - let's have some fun with Word > andAcrobat! > > > Originally, the idea is to see if PHP COM can be used to solve John's > problem. I just checked and can't see any COM object for > PdfMaker in Word. > But there is the possibility to write a macro that would do > the job, then > run the macro from PHP COM. John try that if you wish and see > how it works, > let us know... > Alain > > Message from Alain Samoun > alain@samoun.com > HEAR ME>> http://pagoo.com/signature/alain > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Hoffman [mailto:andy.hoffman@bms.com] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:48 AM > To: 'PHPWINDOWS' > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] OLE/COM stuff - let's have some fun with Word > andAcrobat! > > > alain samoun wrote: > > > Yes, can't use COM with Linux at this point ;) > > Also I think that Distiller only 'distill' postscript files. > > Well, yes & no... as Distiller Assistant is a print driver > that runs on the > machine where Acrobat 4 (or earlier) is installed, and you > can print from > any > application into Distiller (the print driver prints from the app to a > postscript > file, and then Distiller reads the postscript file into a PDF > format) - all > in > one simple action. As far as "badly formatted" results... > Acrobat doesn't > seem > to like GIFs when generating PDF files... if your document > contains GIFs or > JPEGs, it's best to convert these to BMPs before creating > your PDF file :) > > Well, I digress, as I've taken this thread now completely out > of the realm > of > PHP - sorry folks :( > > -- > Andy Hoffman > Web Developer > Bristol-Myers Squibb > email: andy.hoffman@bms.com > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >