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How can I create PDFs dynamically from my web site?

By Rowan Hanna
PDF Store Support Team
Issue 5 for 2005


Maybe you run an online store, and want to provide your customers with print-ready invoices in real time. Perhaps you want to offer the members of your workgroup/company PDF creation via a simple drag and drop interface using shared watched folders? Since Acrobat is not supported for such usage, you will need to look at other options.

Adobe does offer a solution though, in the form of its Document Server product. However, this product is targeted primarily at the higher end of the market, and may not be appropriate for smaller companies. A 3rd-party developer library such as PDFlib allows the building of PDF documents from scratch, and can even place PDF elements when combined with its optional PDI component.

If you don't need to build the PDF documents from scratch, server-based conversion could be the answer. activePDF DocConverter is used for the dynamic creation of PDFs from Office and WordPerfect documents, while AdLib eXpress Server numbers the conversion of formatted source documents among its functions. As you can see, there are many, many choices to make, so it's worth evaluating your options for the best fit based on features and set-up cost (in cash and resources).

Next week, I'll cover Searching PDFs, so watch this space! Until then, please browse PDF Store's Server-side PDF aisle for the complete range of PDF tools and libraries for use on the server.

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