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Turn .txt file into .pdf file on the fly?


I'm we're trying to figure out if there would be a way to convert a .txt file to a .pdf file. Here's the catch. This needs to be done behind the scenes, and on the fly. Meaning, with a radio control selected, OnOK would create a .txt file. Behind the scenes, at run time, we would like for the .txt file to be converted to a .pdf file. Ideally we would like this to be done by running an executable in the background. The executable would take input "File.txt" and output "File.pdf". We're using C++ and Visual Studio 6.

Does anyone have any experience on this? Is this possible?


Solution

  • This a2pdf tool will probably do the trick with minimal effort. Just be sure to turn off perl syntax highlighting.

    http://perl.jonallen.info/projects/a2pdf