Great URL !! Looks to me like you are right. It also looks like I can gen my own PDF directly from VFP without a DLL.
JLK


>>Someone in the VFP form had a URL: http://www.fytek.com
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>Reading this, it appears the the PDF standard is indeed developed by Adobe. but they publish the format. so other people can write to it.
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>http://users.belgacom.net/prepresspanic/pdf/info/overview.htm
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>If I am reading this correctly, Adobe doesnt collect royalities, on the pdf formatting programs out there, Just their own . which might be better.
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>Bob Lee