April 26, 2001 - Reading time: ~1 minute

Real Data Corp is using txt2pdf PRO

"Txt2pdf was just what we needed to solve an unusual data problem.
We are running a legacy DOS application under Citrix 1.8. We needed a way to view the reported output from this DOS application in the Citrix client window without printing it. We also needed to copy these reports in a printable format to the Windows based Citrix clients using the system. By making .pdfs out of these DOS reports on the fly under program control we could simply use Adobe 4.0 on the Citrix server as a viewer. These same .pdfs could be also copied across the Citrix link to remote Citrix clients for printing (and viewing) if desired by the user. This provided a printer independent means of printing the DOS reports on the client. Given that this is a small application with a limited budget, txt2pdf provided us with a simple affordable way to make these .pdf files and solved what was otherwise a very difficult problem .
Thank you Sanface for making this solution possible."

Irv Tolles,
President Real Data Corp

April 25, 2001 - Reading time: ~1 minute

The Oregon University System, Information Technology Services, Telecom Team produces over 20,000 telephone billing statements each month for nine state universities.
We've implemented txt2pdf PRO to replace an aging microfiche system. Using PDF's and CD-ROM's, the statements are now archived for easy retrieval, viewing, and printing.
Txt2pdf PRO helps us to do our archiving in-house, and we are able to deliver archives to our customers much more quickly.
This improves our product, saves time and money, and eliminates our customers' reliance on aging microfiche systems.

October 25, 2000 - Reading time: 2 minutes

Stevens Graphics, Inc, a leading US Directory printer, uses a legacy UNIX based integrated Management Information system, designed for medium to large printing companies. The system is character based, and most of the reporting is plain text.
In an initiative to "E-tize" the business, we started off looking for a tool which would convert and store the text based reports, and have them be available for viewing and printing by multiple users. One software package that we started to justify, had a price tag of $15,000 including a new server to run the application.
We discovered txt2pdf from Sanface software, and from the moment that the trial version was installed, we were hooked and sold. Using this tool, we are now converting many of the text reports that are distributed to PDF, and publishing then on our Intranet where they can be accessed by users using the free Adobe Reader. The user can then reap the benefits of PDF, being able to scale the screen image on the screen, search for text, and print a scaled version to their attached PC printer.
One of the biggest uses that we have currently, is the suite of Day End reports that are generated by our Management Information system every night. These are around 6 inches thick each night, and were printed on green bar paper on a high speed line printer. The amount of storage that these reports required deemed that we could only keep a certain amount before the older ones were discarded to reclaim storage space. Now with txt2pdf, we can save electronic versions of the reports indefinitely, as they are of small size, users can view and search the reports from their desk without making a trip to the records storage room, and we have been able to retire the aging high speed line printer and cancel our maintenance contract. Not only a huge cost saving for a tiny investment, but a major change in efficient access and use of the information.

October 21, 2000 - Reading time: 2 minutes

HVAC Estimator provides online service agreement estimating services for the Heating and Air Conditioning industry. We chose data2pdf to generate the contract documents and equipment lists for the users of our service. The resulting PDF files created from data2pdf is far superior to the other methods we tried. They are small allowing them run much faster over our servers than standard PDF files. We are very pleased with the results.
We have an online estimating service for Heating and Air Conditioning service contractors. We wanted our users to be able to generate contract documents without having to do any formatting before they were ready to print. Since online coding languages are very limited in their printing abilities we looked at PDF. We spent many hours trying to get FDF to work but we were unhappy with the results achieved. The help Adobe provided was limited and unresponsive.
We developed a work around method that used PDF fields and replaced the default value in the field as if it were a string. This was dangerous because at anytime we could have ended up with a broken PDF file that would not open for the service user. Also the PDF files were very large. Some were as big as 300k much too large for an online service to deliver quickly over a 56k modem.
Now we use data2pdf to create contract documents templates for our service users placing strings within the templates then populating then with service user's data. Similar to the way FDF is supposed to work. The files are much smaller using data2pdf the largest being only 36k a substantial reduction in size from 300k.

Here you can find an example of our PDF agreement (40K)

October 11, 2000 - Reading time: ~1 minute

QDC Business Engineering is using txt2pdf in Intra- and Extranet client projects.
In particular txt2pdf provides invaluable support for formatting reports from legacy systems to the level that can be served through WWW-portal solutions.
Proper page breaks and the wide variety of formatting possibilities are key features in rejuvenating age-old reporting systems.