RE: PDF and .doc generators for websites
Thanks all, some great options and ideas as always. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Glavich Sent: Friday, 24 October 2014 3:19 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: PDF and .doc generators for websites We use ExpertPDF as it does HTML to PDF conversions. Actually we use 2 separate versions of it as one supports SVG really well but has issues with some HTML items whereas the other one does pretty much every thing HTML but not SVG :) It works ok, but it’s a little CPU intensive and sometimes if the app pool recycles, it seems to get ‘wonky’ (yes that’s a tech term) and start eating memory slowly without letting it go until it hits our private bytes limit and forces another recycle after which it works as normal. My guess is that because it uses an external DLL (I think it is related to IE) and COM then this is where things go astray. I’d say this is ok as a library as it does do HTML to PDF quite well (we have people create templates in HTML) but if I had my way to redo it properly (it has been inplace for a long time), I would use an external service and take it off the box. At the very least, create my own site/vm to do the creation and call into that. In addition, I’d use a full .Net solution that does not require any interop. This way your sites are not affected by what might be a potential CPU suck and you can properly throttle and control the concurrency of PDF generation via queues (which you can still do on box but CPU usage is still affected). In addition, you can change PDF generation engines much more easily. - Glav From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low () Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 2:43 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: PDF and .doc generators for websites Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/
PDF and .doc generators for websites
Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/
Re: PDF and .doc generators for websites
I had a look at this briefly, there seemed to be a couple of options of doing it in code. I think some paid, and some open source (nuget packages). I didn't end up going with it in the end, I decided for now to just let the user print to PDF using built in Windows if they wanted to. :) I'd like it but its down the list of features... would be interested in hearing how you go in your own PDF adventure, so let us know what you find yourself. cheers Stephen +61 (0) 428 028 599 step...@lythixdesigns.com @lythixdesigns | @lyynx www.lythixdesigns.com www.linkedin.com/in/lyynx On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Greg Low (低格雷格) g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
RE: PDF and .doc generators for websites
Hi Greg, For pdf, we use EO.pdf ( http://www.essentialobjects.com/Products/Pdf/Default.aspx http://www.essentialobjects.com/Products/Pdf/Default.aspx). We've been using it for a couple of years now and it has gone well. Cheers, Grant Dr Grant Castner mailto:gcast...@outlook.com.au gcast...@outlook.com.au 0458 770 749 https://twitter.com/grantcastner https://twitter.com/grantcastner http://www.linkedin.com/pub/grant-castner/0/415/bb2 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/grant-castner/0/415/bb2 From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low () Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 1:43 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: PDF and .doc generators for websites Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com
RE: PDF and .doc generators for websites
Hi Stephen, Site I’m at this week is using ABCpdf and I’m wondering about experiences with it or other options. I’ve got an upcoming project that I need to do it myself, and need to generate .doc/.docx files as well. I had wondered about the Aspose options too. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 2:46 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: PDF and .doc generators for websites I had a look at this briefly, there seemed to be a couple of options of doing it in code. I think some paid, and some open source (nuget packages). I didn't end up going with it in the end, I decided for now to just let the user print to PDF using built in Windows if they wanted to. :) I'd like it but its down the list of features... would be interested in hearing how you go in your own PDF adventure, so let us know what you find yourself. cheers Stephen +61 (0) 428 028 599 step...@lythixdesigns.commailto:step...@lythixdesigns.com @lythixdesigns | @lyynx www.lythixdesigns.comhttp://www.lythixdesigns.com www.linkedin.com/in/lyynxhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/lyynx On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Greg Low (低格雷格) g...@greglow.commailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410tel:%2B61%20419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913tel:%2B61%203%208676%204913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/
Re: PDF and .doc generators for websites
I've used Aspose.NET in the past, and while it is pricey compared to some others, it works fantastically. Cheers :) -- Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.au On 22/10/14 14:43, Greg Low (低格雷格) wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under| Web: www.sqldownunder.com http://www.sqldownunder.com/
Re: PDF and .doc generators for websites
I've been using ABCPDF for years in a Webforms environment. It's worked very well, it's fast and does everything we need it to do. On 22 October 2014 13:43, Greg Low (低格雷格) g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
Re: PDF and .doc generators for websites
Hi Greg, Another option is Open XML SDK for Office docs. https://github.com/OfficeDev/Open-XML-SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb448854.aspx Andrew Coates did a session on it at Tech Ed. Cheers, Will On 22 October 2014 15:14, Grant Maw grant@gmail.com wrote: I've been using ABCPDF for years in a Webforms environment. It's worked very well, it's fast and does everything we need it to do. On 22 October 2014 13:43, Greg Low (低格雷格) g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
Re: PDF and .doc generators for websites
Hi Greg, I worked with the Open XML SDK a few years back, to produce some large documents (a few hundred pages at a time). I don’t know if it’s improved since then, but it was a fairly bare-bones thing back then. Despite that, it worked, and worked well. As for Pdf, I’ve worked with both Aspose.Pdf and isharptext. Both work well, are fast and are easy to work with. Ed. Sent from Windows Mail From: William Luu Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 4:24 PM To: ozDotNet Hi Greg, Another option is Open XML SDK for Office docs. https://github.com/OfficeDev/Open-XML-SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb448854.aspx Andrew Coates did a session on it at Tech Ed. Cheers, Will On 22 October 2014 15:14, Grant Maw grant@gmail.com wrote: I've been using ABCPDF for years in a Webforms environment. It's worked very well, it's fast and does everything we need it to do. On 22 October 2014 13:43, Greg Low (低格雷格) g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone got strong opinions on particular PDF and .doc generators for use with MVC ? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
