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    • March 7, 2007 at 5:21 AM #17871
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        Hi!

         Anybody know about a pdf component to create pdfs from XML + XSLT in biztalk?

        best regards

      • March 8, 2007 at 12:38 AM #17898
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          How about this one (http://www.codit.be/Default.aspx?tabid=28):

          Product:

          PDF Generator

          Version 1.0
          What?

          Transforms any XML message into a PDF Document with BizTalk Server.

          Description: PDF encoder pipeline component for BizTalk.
          CustomerReferences:
        • ABX
        • Unilin
          • Detail: This BizTalk pipeline component can be used on any BizTalk Server 2004/2006 out-of-the-box environment to generate a custom PDF file as output. No particular configuration is needed. Extremely simple to use.
          Benefits:
        • Submit easily raw data in PDF documents to users.
        • No extra components requied.
        • Exceptionhandling done as a regular BizTalk Framework pipeline component.
          		•
          2 reasons to buy: 1. Archiving documents in human readable format.
          2. Converts XSL:FO to a PDF document.
          Requirements:
        • Microsoft Windows XP or 2003
        • Microsoft BizTalk Server 2003 SP1
        • Microsoft .NET FrameWork 1.1
          		•

           

          • March 9, 2007 at 12:41 AM #17912
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              Thanks!

              I also found this one:

              http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=78C0FD43-E4C3-4DCF-AF23-FE72F317891A

               It seams to work with bt 2006 if you convert the project…

               

              • March 9, 2007 at 1:12 AM #17914
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                  Not bad! I'll try it. Would be great if it works with 2006 as well!

                  Thanks!

                • October 21, 2008 at 10:59 AM #21028
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                     I am not able to see it under the provided link could you please guide me to the correct location

                    Thanks

                    • October 21, 2008 at 3:16 PM #21031
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                        The example from Gotdotnet disappeared when Gotdotnet was shutdown.

                        Basically the example used the Ibex PDF Creator http://www.xmlpdf.com/ which is capable of converting an XSL-FO stream into a PDF stream. You still had to write a transform to create the XSL-FO stream, which was not a trivial task.

                        While the pipeline component was free, the IBEX PDF generator was licensed (by developer not a server or runtime license)

                        If you are interested email me and I will see if I dig up the original source.

                        • June 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM #24914
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                            Hey Greg,

                             

                            Do you know any source where I can find PDF adapter to receive pdf file in Biztalk ?

                            • June 8, 2010 at 2:46 PM #24916
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                                Hi,

                                 

                                   Your best best is to do the following:

                                1) Download and install iTextSharp, an open source tool (http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/files/) that allows you to embed PDF conversion functionality in .NET applications.

                                2) Write a custom disassembler component (that will be called from a receive pipeline in a BizTalk project later on) that will interact with the iTextSharp library component (installed in step 1) to convert the PDF data stream into XML and return that object to your BizTalk orchestration.

                                 

                                   Hope this helps,

                                 

                                   Daniel.

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