>In the rewrite of all of the in house apps, there is a requirement to be able to send all report output to graphic files. These graphic files are to be placed in project databases within Lotus Notes Apps. The original thought was to print out he report and then scan it but there has to be a better way. We have been kicking are some ideas but I need some refresh thoughts. The solution has to be universal across all reports. Currently users have the option to print, print preview or save as Excel file.
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>We've been kicking around the thought of using GenRepox and use low level file writes to create a RTF file. This will work, but is not generic enough, too much hand coding. The other thought has been to preview the report to the screen and do a screen capture. Then from within Paint save as a grphic file. Again problems like automating the process once we have the screen capture and how to ensure multi-page reports are captured correctly. We have even thought of sending the report to an HPGL printer and capturing the output. The problem is HPGL viewers are not always of high quality and we don't have the time or desire to write our own and there is some system setup involved that the hardware group is not to hip on.
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>Thoughts and suggestions please.

What about PostScript? It's pretty easy to create EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)output, and there are a ton of EPS viewers available for both Windows and Mac environments...you might start by looking at GhostScript (a freeware solution from gnu that supports an incredible range of systems) at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/