Re: Let PDFLib hear from you regarding Ruby bindings

Chris Hall
2005-11-11T20:35:20Z

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:
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> > 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
> >
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> > 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>
> > > 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 know 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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