Control to create standard PDF files

[SteveDingle]

Heya All,

My client wants to use a ActiveX/OCX control to populate PDF forms and then print them.

We have tested various product but all seem to run into a problem when printing the forms and all reply in a similar way.

Basically my client gets his PDF forms from the Internet, mostly downloading from government site (tax forms). More often than not these forms seem to be create using a 3rd party product as opposed to Adobe Acrobat. Now while they can be print from Adobe Acrobat okay, the vendors of the controls say that the "format/coding" of the PDF forms are non-standard and sometimes even contain errors/inconsistencies.

So I'm here to trying to ...

a) Find a control which would allow my client to load a PDF Form and then re-save it in a standard format so he can use it with these controls

b) Find a control which is guaranteed to print any PDF document.

For the later, my client develops an application which he distributes to others so would need the control to be royalty-free (i.e. a Per User license is not cost effective for him)

Thanks,
Steve

Toodles,
Steve Dingle

http://www.dsbusinesssolutions.co.uk

D&S Business Solutions Ltd