Andy,
I don't believe that Adobe's PDF Writer really permits use of it as a COM object. However, there are several out there:
http://www.fineprint.com/http://www.fytek.com/http://www.amyuni.com/I'm also completing my Report Engine/Preview control that not only allows you to save to PDF but also let's you programatically create a Report on a virtual document. It is an ActiveX control that has methods for adding text, shapes, images, labels, etc. onto a page. I have almost completed the VFP Class that talks to my ActiveX control that will then run a VFP Report and load it into the control for Preview. You can use the control with most ActiveX supporting languages as well.
For more info and to download a demo go to:
http://www.mindseyeinc.com/ReportEngineHere are some Features for VFP Developers:
- You can ZOOM to virtually any scaling factor (ie. 10% to 100,000%)
- Concatonate multiple VFP Reports into the control
- Rotated Text
- Watermarks are very easy. Just set the WatermarkText Property for the page.
- Supports Multiple Page Sizes and/or Page Orientations within a single Report.
- Export to PDF is VERY FAST!
- There is only 1 ActiveX control and 1 VCX class required to use it with VFP. No additional DLLs or dependencies on MFC files at this time. However, for TIFF and PNG I will be probably using GDI+.
The ActiveX control is data independent. However, I have been adding special Methods for VFP use and writing VFP code so I can run almost any standard VFP Report.
