Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Richard C . Dunn
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 09:08 pm, you wrote: > I would agree with the last statement about a high performance commercial > all Java FO->PDF. However, there is really no need. Would anybody be > interested in working on FOP with payment leaving the licensing as is? > This way everybody can benefi

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Scott Moore
tch (Exception e) { // handle exception } finally { addThreadCount(-1); } } HTH, Scott - Original Message - From: "Carter, Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: RE: Why is FO

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Ryan.Asleson
>>The memory requirements depend on the complexity of the >>layout (tables spanning multiple pages are bad), how big >>included graphics are (they are all held in memory), and, >>often the worst of all, whether you are using forward >>references, like the popular "page x of y" (which forces >>all

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Peter B. West
Patrick, If I read you right, I think the answer to that would be a resounding cry of "Yes" all round. You will certainly get one from me. What did you have in mind? Peter Patrick Lanphier wrote: I would agree with the last statement about a high performance commercial all Java FO->PDF. However

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Robert C. Leif
: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:39 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose From: Matt Savino To: Bob Leif Sounds great. Tell me where I can get a good Ada app-server and a Java-Ada translator for all the existing code--and

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Patrick Lanphier
I would agree with the last statement about a high performance commercial all Java FO->PDF. However, there is really no need. Would anybody be interested in working on FOP with payment leaving the licensing as is? This way everybody can benefit. Anybody with experience interested? Patrick Lanph

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-05-01 Thread Carter, Will
how do you get the server to queue other requests? will -Original Message- From: Scott Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:29 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose The short

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread J.Pietschmann
Savino, Matt C wrote: Our application absolutely requires tables spanning mulitple pages. Are we trying to fit a square peg into a round hole incorporating FOP into a reporting app as opposed to book publishing? I didn't say you can't use tables spanning multiple pages. I said, if you are running i

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Carter, Will
: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose Each request comes into the servlet on a separate Java Thread. I keep track of the number of reports currently being generated and Thread.sleep(1000) the queued threads. Every second

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Savino, Matt C
: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary > tool s propose > > > Carter, Will wrote: > > I am in the process of working out an embedded (servlet) > FOP solution for > > some fi

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread J.Pietschmann
Carter, Will wrote: I am in the process of working out an embedded (servlet) FOP solution for some financial reporting. The generated pdfs are probably around 20 pages.. does anyone have any info about memory requirements or problems I will run into with multiple concurrent users? The memory requi

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread J.Pietschmann
Josh wrote: Actually that's very good to know. From a designer perspective FOP has felt a bit like the themes for mozilla. It's like designing for a moving target The spec itself was a (slowly) moving target until recently. You can still expect amendments for clarification, there has been a few h

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Scott Moore
#x27; > Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary > tool s propose > > > Thanks Scott. Can you share a little more detail on how you queue the > reports? > > Matt Savino >

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Savino, Matt C
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary > tool s propose > > > From: Bob Leif > To: Matt Savino > > It sounds like you need the performance of an efficient compiled >

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Savino, Matt C
re servers can get you better scalability. > > So far, this has worked well for me. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Carter, Will [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:29 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Scott Moore
l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:29 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary > tool s propose > > > This one has got me scared... > > I am in the process of working out an em

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Robert C. Leif
proprietary language owned by SUN. -Original Message- From: Savino, Matt C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:01 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose We're using FOP in a production

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Carter, Will
? thanks, will carter http://www.envestnetpmc.com -Original Message- From: Savino, Matt C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:01 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose We're using FOP

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Josh
J.Pietschmann wrote: The last major update to FOP made changes that rendered earlier .fo files useless without some tweaks. The work involved in ensuring all the .fo files are still working everytime FOP is updated would be a bit of a nightmare. The problem with the last change you seem to refer

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread J.Pietschmann
Josh wrote: The last major update to FOP made changes that rendered earlier .fo files useless without some tweaks. The work involved in ensuring all the .fo files are still working everytime FOP is updated would be a bit of a nightmare. The problem with the last change you seem to refer to broug

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Savino, Matt C
We're using FOP in a production environment to render some management reports and a very complicated lab report. We've had to limit the management reports to about 2000 rows (~50 page PDF) because of FOP's memory issues w/large PDFs. Also I worry about serious slowdown if we ever get 3 or 4 users o

Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Josh
Are there any companies out there developing products base on FOP? Just curious. I've been looking at using FOP to get print versions of content from a number of web apps but I'm finding it too unstable at the moment to really offer as a solution. Coupled with the rather large resource requir

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Brian O'Kelley
(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose Are there any companies out there developing products base on FOP? Just curious. -Original Message- From: Patrick Lanphier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

RE: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tool s propose

2002-04-30 Thread Xie, David (IPCG-NJ)
Are there any companies out there developing products base on FOP? Just curious. -Original Message- From: Patrick Lanphier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why is FO(P) a superior model than what most proprietary tools