I’m trying to come up with a solution for converting a Notes document to a PDF. I’ve searched through the forums and web and have found things like iText, XMLMill, etc but am still trying to find the best solution for me. I have no experience (yet) with java or xml.
XMLMill looks promising, but it looks like I’ll have to create an XSLT style sheet for each of my forms. Problem is that I have 10 or so forms to begin with, and each has many variations (hidden fields that display under certain circumstances, etc). That situation will only become worse as more and more forms are needed to go to PDF.
It looks like iText may be a similar problem where I’d have to basically recreate the form to write it to a PDF and with all the variations it would be tough to say the least.
I have the full version of Acrobat and can print to a PDF manually. Isn’t there any way I can do that automatically - like call it from an agent? I haven’t been able to find any documentation to say yes or no.
I’m open to anything (java, xml, acrobat) but need to keep costs down so a tool is out unless is pretty inexpensive.
The main requirements are to generate PDF files from Notes documents (a variety of different forms) in a scheduled agent that will be running on the server some time in the middle of the night on some collection of documents.
Any suggestions? Or corrections on anything I’ve misstated above - I’ve only looked briefly so far at iText and XMLMill so I may have missed something.
TIA for any help!