Re: [PHP] pdf information..

On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 11:38 AM, Louie Miranda wrote:

> i never tried FPDF but just downloaded it. i'll try in a while..
> have you tried making a business card using this?
>
> i've testing the pdflib it works great, but the sad thing is i have to
> pay
> for it.

What's the problem with paying for something if

a) it does the job

b) saves you hundreds of hours in development

c) provides your business with an income stream (you aren't giving away
these business cards, are you?)

I agree it isn't cheap, but don't rule it out based on price alone.
Consider the ROI (return on investment).

And no, I don't work for PDFLib -- I've never even used it!


Justin

I have used pdflib EXTENSIVELY for over a year. I develop products for a
company who sells web based tools that allow medium/large corporations to
automate the creation of advertising materials. These tools are used by the
companies dealers and franchieses. We chose pdflib because of a few unique
capabilities it had when working with fonts and other strict standards in
the printing world. FPDF,CLIBPDF(I think) and a few others were not as
advanced at the time either. My other concern was that I wanted to go with a
stable company. I plan on revisiting these as they showed fairly good
promise last year, but I haven't investigated them much since.

Depending on your project requirements, it is possible to find a web host that
has pdflib capabilities.

Stephen


On Wednesday 16 July 2003 20:48, Justin French wrote:
> On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 11:38 AM, Louie Miranda wrote:
> > i never tried FPDF but just downloaded it. i'll try in a while..
> > have you tried making a business card using this?
> >
> > i've testing the pdflib it works great, but the sad thing is i have to
> > pay
> > for it.
>
> What's the problem with paying for something if
>
> a) it does the job
>
> b) saves you hundreds of hours in development
>
> c) provides your business with an income stream (you aren't giving away
> these business cards, are you?)
>
> I agree it isn't cheap, but don't rule it out based on price alone.
> Consider the ROI (return on investment).
>
> And no, I don't work for PDFLib -- I've never even used it!
>
>
> Justin