Expert: Hari Priya - 10/24/2009

Question
Hello

I have been asked to explore the possibility of creating an asp application that will allow users to develop leaflets (via selecting pre existing templates)and save them as PDFs.

I want to achieve a similar interface to Microsoft publisher, whereby users can add text fields, images paragraphs and (if possible) move these elements.

From your knowledge is this possible with asp, if so what aspects of ASP/Other programming languages do I need to explore?

I would to thank you for reading this enquiry, and look forward to your response (any questions, just ask)

Regards

Kulvinder Singh Badh  

Answer
Hi Kulvinder Singh Badh,

You can generate PDFs on fly in ASP. But you need the PDF component, without which you cannot generate PDF files. You can use some third party components to do this, refer these websites.

http://www.asppdf.com/
http://www.persits.com
http://www.corda.com/asp-create-pdf.php

You need to go through these websites and decide which component you prefer to use, after that you have to download/purchase from those websites and follow their instructions of using it. I had used persists pdf component, 4 year back. It was free and really good and still it works in my client's website. Not sure if they still give it free or made it more complicated. Please check it out and check other websites too.

Hope this helps.