You should be very cautious about invoking HTMLDOC on the server - it has a habit of leaving its thread running. So, a few hundred PDF's could bring your server to its knees. One of my past gigs used it by writing a wrapper ActiveX DLL that used the Win32 API to kill the thread (after n timeout) if it didn't kill itself.
For somewhat robust document manipulation, check out ActivePDF, and be sure to check out ASPIN.com for some server-side components for other file types. --- Billy Cravens -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:22 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Html to PDF, Excel, Word formats I recommend checking out CF_HTML2PDF3 (can be found in the DevEx), a free Custom Tag that generates PDF files. Tried and tested, and very easy to implement. This tag utilizes HTMLDOC.EXE, and you must have CFEXECUTE access on your server. My only gripe is that it does not support CSS. v/r, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: YC Nyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:28 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Html to PDF, Excel, Word formats Hi, What are the options of converting a html file on the fly to PDF, Excel and Word using CF ? Thanks. Nyon ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
