[WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160)

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texte = Hi All I am working to write PDFs on the fly with webdna (my first time with this). I thought I was in luck when I saw the sample on the webdna site because it is said to be the exact PDF template I need (Avery labels #5160). So far as far as I got is to see is that the sample (avery) I downloaded from the webdna site seems contradictory in that it says that it will choke on a null char (the readme says "should be ascii only") and then in that Avery example it tries to include a file (the pdf template) which contains a null char! (Did the author test this?!) I do not know about the guts of a pdf to know how to go about tweaking the template to make it pure ascii (null char-free) and have it still work as that real pdf (formatted for avery labels 5160). The sample directions (readme.txt) say, "Create a pdf file (I used Distiller for this demo) in ASCII text format so there isn't any binary data in the file (so null characters won't cause problems)." The final pdf I want to write may have more than one page. I'd love to find success here to solve my own problem and also to embellish the samples for the webdna site. It seems I need (at least) a sample pdf template (for the Avery labels #5160) which does not contain any binary data (null chars), right? Can anyone give me some pointers? ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Govinda 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Govinda 2010)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Grant Hulbert 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Patrick McCormick 2010)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Grant Hulbert 2010)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Donovan Brooke 2010)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Govinda 2010)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Bob Minor 2010)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Marc Thompson 2010)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Bob Minor 2010)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Tom Duke 2010)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Marc Thompson 2010)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Brian Fries 2010)
  14. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Donovan Brooke 2010)
  15. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Govinda 2010)
  16. Re: [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Marc Thompson 2010)
  17. [WebDNA] writing pdfs on the fly (Avery labels #5160) (Govinda 2010)
Hi All I am working to write PDFs on the fly with webdna (my first time with this). I thought I was in luck when I saw the sample on the webdna site because it is said to be the exact PDF template I need (Avery labels #5160). So far as far as I got is to see is that the sample (avery) I downloaded from the webdna site seems contradictory in that it says that it will choke on a null char (the readme says "should be ascii only") and then in that Avery example it tries to include a file (the pdf template) which contains a null char! (Did the author test this?!) I do not know about the guts of a pdf to know how to go about tweaking the template to make it pure ascii (null char-free) and have it still work as that real pdf (formatted for avery labels 5160). The sample directions (readme.txt) say, "Create a pdf file (I used Distiller for this demo) in ASCII text format so there isn't any binary data in the file (so null characters won't cause problems)." The final pdf I want to write may have more than one page. I'd love to find success here to solve my own problem and also to embellish the samples for the webdna site. It seems I need (at least) a sample pdf template (for the Avery labels #5160) which does not contain any binary data (null chars), right? Can anyone give me some pointers? ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com Govinda

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