Re: DIY mark-up to PDF

[Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

https://pdfbox.apache.org/

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:26 AM Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have text files that contain a DIY mark-up that I need to convert into
> PDF files.  I'm afraid I'm going to have to build the PDF by hand, but I
> figured I'd throw this out there in the hope that someone can offer a
> better alternative.
>
> For reference, here's a snippet of mark-up:
> X7
> FontBold = True
> FontUnderline = True
> Print
> FontBold = False
> FontUnderline = False
> X.5
> Print          John Smith
> X.5
> FontBold = True
> FontUnderline = True
> Print Text data;
> X4.5
> Print More text data;
>
> Horizontal spacing is controlled by the X values (in inches) and by spaces
> in the "Print" commands.  Vertical spacing is thru CR/LF.
>
> This will be part of a real-time process running in RPG, with a
> transaction rate of about 1000/week.
>
>
> I appreciate whatever feedback you can provide.  :)
>
>
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