Re: Let PDFLib hear from you regarding Ruby bindings

Chris Hall
2005-11-12T00:39:08Z

Michael,

Guess they didn''t need a whole lot of pushing :)

On 11/11/05, Michael <codeslush-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> I need significant pdf functionality as well and so I wrote per the email.
> PDFLib sent me this response:
>  Hi,
>
> thanks for the request. We have plans to add such a binding for
> the next release.
>
> regards
> Rainer
>
>
> *Chris Hall
<christopher.k.hall-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>* wrote:
>
> Yes, PDI is a big part of why I like their product.
>
> Chris
>
> On 11/11/05, Saltman
<saltman-459giS/99bMmp8TqCH86vg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I''m for that. I''ve used the commercial version of
PDFLib in several
> > large projects (Perl, PHP) and it has always performed exceptionally
> > well. The more products that support Ruby, the happier we''ll
all be I
> > think. (Send a note to the folks at ChartDirector
> > http://www.advsofteng.com while you''re at it.)
> >
> > That being said, I''m curious, what feature(s) do you require
that
> > prevent you from using one of the existing PDF solutions for Ruby like
> > pdf-writer? Is it the PDI functionality?
> >
> > Chris Hall wrote:
> > > --===============0970868783=> > > Content-Type:
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> > >
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> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> > *> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable**
> > > Content-Disposition: inline
> > >
> > > hopefully this isn''t OT...
> > >
> > > PDFLib is a great peice of software that lets you do all sorts of
> > things
> > > related to PDF generation/modifications/form processing. I have
> > personally
> > > used PDFLib+PDI in past PHP projects and find it to be worth
it''s
> > weight in
> > > gold (especially when your boss/company is the one paying for
it).
> > Anyways,
> > > I found this when looking for information regarding Ruby bindings
for
> > > PDFLib:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Are bindings/wrapper available for Ruby? I''d like
to use pdflib for
> > a
> > >> Rails application I''m contemplating. . .
> > >
> > > There are some Ruby bindings for PDFlib floating around
> > > (Google is your friend), but they refer to older PDFlib
> > > versions and are not supported by PDFlib GmbH. A few years
> > > ago we considered doing a supported Ruby binding, but dropped
> > > the idea for lack of demand. Maybe Rails will change the
> > > situation in the future...
> > >
> > > So let''s create the demand...let PDFLIb hear from you
regarding this.
> > >
> > > To let them know you''d like to see them develop Ruby
bindings, send an
> > emai> > > l
> > > to support-bmlaeIQq23rQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org and tell them
so!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ------=_Part_31655_17235911.1131736092585
> > > Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > > Content-Disposition: inline
> > >
> > > hopefully this isn''t OT...
> > >
> > > PDFLib is a great peice of software that lets you do all sorts of
> > > things related to PDF generation/modifications/form
processing.&nbsp;
> > I
> > > have personally used PDFLib+PDI in past PHP projects and find it
to be
> >
> > > worth it''s weight in gold (especially when your
boss/company is the
> > one
> > > paying for it).&nbsp; Anyways, I found this when looking for
> > > information regarding Ruby bindings for PDFLib:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > &gt; Are bindings/wrapper available for Ruby? I''d
like to use pdflib
> > for a<> > > br>
> > > &gt; Rails application I''m contemplating. .
.
> > >
> > > There are some Ruby bindings for PDFlib floating around
> > > (Google is your friend), but they refer to older PDFlib
> > > versions and are not supported by PDFlib GmbH. A few
years
> > > ago we considered doing a supported Ruby binding, but
dropped
> > > the idea for lack of demand. Maybe Rails will change
the
> > > situation in the future...
> > >
> > > So let''s create the demand...let PDFLIb hear
from you regarding
> > this.<> > > br>
> > >
> > *
> > *> To let them k now you''d like to see them develop Ruby
bindings, send
> > an emai> > > l to <a href=3D"mailto:
support-bmlaeIQq23rQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">support-bmlaeIQq23rQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
and
> > tell > > > them so!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
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