Re: [Boost-users] Building PDF with Open Source Solution

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building PDF with Open Source Solution
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-07 14:45:18

on Thu Jun 07 2012, John Maddock <boost.regex-AT-virgin.net> wrote:

>>I don't know if is in the same category of software you're discussing, but
>>i found a library sometime ago for generating PDFs from C++:
>>http://libpdfxx.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html
>
> Nope, doesn't even come close - converting from FO XML and getting all
> the pagination correct in the output is a hugely complex job -
> probably why there's only ever been one solution that's even come
> close to getting it right - and even they (XEP that is) don't handle
> everything.

Did we every try using http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/ and then sending
it through pdflatex?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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