I was tasked with producing reports & documents in PDF format including graphics, logo2, watermarks etc so that they could be automatically e-mailed to customers, supopliers, users etc.

I found some great software at www.fytek.com that enables this.

text2pdf takes the text output from a report & converts it into a PDF file.
pdfmeld allows you to use a take a predesigned PDF file containging logos, watermarks etc & use this as a template, overlaying the converted PDF file from text2pdf therefore creating a combined PDF document that looks like it has been printed on preprinted stationary.

I created a new device & print spooler that incorporates the software & e-mails the PDF to the recipient. Maybe this could be a start to the mythical paperless office.

I found some great software at www.hidox.com (http://www.hidox.com)
This tool is 100% integrated in all versions of Baan/Infor and ERP/LN

Design with a graphical Designer (drag and drop; what you see is what you get)
Creating PDF, Word, HTML/XML and Excel
Mail and Archiving directly from your ERP system

[QUOTE=dthomson;128634]I was tasked with producing reports & documents in PDF format including graphics, logo2, watermarks etc so that they could be automatically e-mailed to customers, supopliers, users etc.

Hello,

PCL to PDF , Documents with Overlay a.s.o.

Have a look at www.stethos.com

Regards

We're using Formscape, but this is AWESOME, that I found this thread.

Now, if someone knew the PRICE DIFFERENCES between these packages, that would be nice.

Is it possible to get a feature-by-feature breakdown? I am having difficulty in choosing.

From what I see, Formscape might be OVERKILL for our needs.

Is Formscape an industry standard package? I need to know if I should train myself in it, or not even bother.

Thanks!

OK, I take it back what I said about Formscape being overkill. It is actually inefficient, and this "FormDesigner" is EXACTLY what we need.