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PDFmail. The Paperless Office
Integrate PDF and email reporting capabilities into your applications.
Print to web sites. Archive reports as PDF files. Integrate to fax and internet
gateways. Archive to a central logging email address.
PDFmail provides a universal solution to business application reporting and forms requirements.
It is a multi-platform solution - which makes it attractive for developers
of both Windows and Linux/Unix software alike - and covers you if you decide
to change platforms or programming languages in future.
PDFmail is language-independent because it is not linked in to the application
- it is supplied as separate program which is invoked at reporting time.
It is also designed to fit in easily into existing systems - it can
be used immediately send out standard reports as PDF files - and later its
more advanced capabilities can be used to produce business forms.
In many cases, a simple configuration file change to add PDFmail as an extra printer is sufficient to enable it.
Although PDFmail is designed to be as flexible as possible, we can also tailor it
for particular requirements.
For more information and pricing on PDFmail please contact us.
What platforms does it run on ?
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Windows - supplied as a single .exe file for ease of installation
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Linux eg Red Hat - supplied as an rpm file
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other Linux, Unix,
Solaris etc - supplied as a tar file
What changes do I
have to make to my programs ?
For customised
reports and business forms like invoices, statements etc
you have the choice of using the PDFmail
Forms Designer to design forms or
directly embedding
escape sequences in your applications code.
Then at runtime you
need to call PDFmail to produce the form - this will be
produced as a PDF file like this example
or this two-page example,
and emailed, or printed directly to a
laser printer, or to a fax, web or other
gateway depending on fields you supply when calling PDFmail or using values from
fields in the reports themselves or using environment variables.
You have the same options for standard 132
column 66 line reports; these may be printed 'as is'
to produce landscape prints or published as landscape PDF files.
But, in addition, escape sequences can be embedded to enhance the look of the reports.
These can be as simple as bolding the title of the reports (like this) so that they appear as
the subject line of emails, through to more advanced font changes and use of boxes.
The report can either
be 'piped' to PDFmail or passed as a text file on disk.
Sending via email requires an SMTP mail server on the network or internet connection.
Printing to PCL-compatible laser printers is directly supported.
Printing to other printers is supported via pdf conversion utilities.
What advantages are there?
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Anyone with remote
branch offices, or sales reps or managers out on the road will immediately
appreciate documents being sent out by email
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End users with
large numbers of paper statements, invoices etc will experience cost savings
by moving to paperless systems such as web and email to send documents
to their customers and suppliers
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Archiving allows
management greater control - all documents stored as snapshot PDF files on
disk or in an archive email address so that management can see exactly what was
produced - and when.
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