>We need to be able to send documents in a readable format to many places. I thought about Adobe PDF files.
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>Does anyone send their data in PDF format for viewing by others? If so what does it take to be able to save data in that format. I have a call in to Adobe and am waiting on a response. I wanted to check here also, so maybe I do not have to reinvent the wheel.
You need to look for PDF converters. There are some on the market. Adobe Acrobat full version comes with PDF Writer. I use Amyuni.com. After all they are just another printers on your system. Thus when you print you can select them as a printer to print to. Your program before sends anything to print has to set a file name for these printers. Programs do that differently, but concept is same: Set file name, select converter as a printer, send report to that printer (not file!!!) and you have a PDF file.
HTH Mark