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Creating a PDF in ASP.NET app and XFRX
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25/06/2020 15:06:11
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro and .NET
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01675016
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01675025
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>>Hi,
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>>I have an ASP.NET application (work order system). Currently when someone submits a work order an email goes to a group or people and in the body of the email the content of the work order.
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>>One customer wants the work order to be sent as an attachment form. This feature - work order PDF attachment - exists in the VFP 9 application. The PDF attachment in the VFP 9 application is created with XFRX library.
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>>My question, would it make sense to create a small VFP 9 program which would be called by the ASP.NET application, and create a PDF. Then the ASP.NET would send email and attach this PDF. Or is it possible to call XFRX directly from the ASP.NET?
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>>TIA
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>It's fairly easy to create a .pdf using SSRS, which is native to .NET.
>That might be an approach to look at.

Thank you for your suggestion. I have never used SSRS so learning could be steep. Another reason why I am more inclined with the VFP-program approach is consistency of the PDF with the VFP application.
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