Why couldn't you just call the servlet from mx:httpService? What's the output from the servlet? If it's a bitmap graphic file (jpeg, gif, png) you won't need a font.
-- Howard Fore, howard.f...@hofo.com "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Laurence MacNeill <lmacne...@comcast.net>wrote: > Has anybody here ever tried to print PDF417 barcodes in Flex? It's > far more than a simple embed-the-font kind of thing, as you need a > proper encoder to encode the data before printing it in the PDF417 font. > > I can buy the font, no problem. But the encoder is what's getting me > -- closest encoder I can buy is a Java Servlet, and I have no idea > if/how that can be integrated into a Flex app. Does anyone know if > that's possible? > > Of course, the best solution would be the source code for a proper > encoder in ActionScript, I suppose. Does anyone have that? Or know > where I can get it? > > Thanks, > > Laurence MacNeill > Mableton, Georgia, USA > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > >