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- I can think of a couple of ways you can incorporate txt2pdf into notes.
- The first way is by giving txt2pdf users the ability to attach the converted pdf
- files to a internal document within Notes automatically. I am doing that from
- perl using OLE.
- The other way is a bit more involved. Lotus Notes uses a very powerful language
- called LotusScript. LotusScript programmers have the ability to import custom
- classes (ie. class to convert text to pdf) using a C API or LSX package.
- LotusScript already has the ability to work with the file system and
- having a text2pdf LotusScript API would prevent the need to shelling out to the
- operating system. Potentially this could be used with any Lotus product that
- used LotusScript (ie. Lotus 123, Lotus Word Pro, Lotus Approach, etc.). From a
- Lotus Notes standpoint. LotusScript would be able to convert text to pdf on a
- schedule. It could run LotusScript like a CGI program. It could be initiated
- from a GUI type environment on the Notes client. It could be initiated from
- the web.
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- info on LSX -
- http://www.lotus.com/developers/devbase.nsf/data/document1950?opendocument
- info on C API - http://www.lotus.com/developers/devbase.nsf/homedata/homecapi
- Info on OLE for notes in perl::Win32 (look for the 'How do I use
- Lotus Notes link')
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- Charles Daniel <Charles.Daniel@Ebimed.com>
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