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New features in Report Generator 1.1.51

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:53:21 GMT

The Report Generator has got a few new tricks in release 1.1.51. Graph Library integration, Flash, PDF sets and Xinclude - read on for a summary and some examples.

Using Acrobat JavaScript

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:59:30 GMT

PDF documents can contain JavaScript, which opens up all sorts of possibilities - not all of which are gaping security holes. Here's an article showing how to use it in PDF - both how to embed it from the Report Generator, and how to run it in the Viewer.

Watermarking a Report

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:26:03 GMT

The Report Generator is a layer on top of the PDF Library API which converts XML to PDF. The XML is much easier to work with, but there are always situations where you'll need the flexibility of the API. Here we show you how to do this, and we also present a neat and non-obvious technique for watermarking.

Using version 2.0 of the BFO Graph Library with BFO Report Generator

jim — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:59:00 GMT

BFO Report Generator by default includes the BFO Graph Library, but the older version 1.0 library. While this is adequate for many users, people may want to use the new graphs and features available in version 2.0 of the Graph library. This article will show how to achieve this.