Dixon-Ratzlaff Family Blogs

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

We’ve had an ASP application for some time now that generates PDF files from database data and outputs it to the browser. When we first wrote this app, we purchased the CutePDF Form SDK. It works very well, making it easy to enter values into our PDF forms programmatically and output the finished document as a stream to the browser. And it’s reasonably priced at around $250 for a single server.

Now that we’re converting our app over to ASP.NET, I decided to look around for other options. CutePDF’s Form SDK has a COM interface, and I wanted to see if I could find a library that was .NET native.

I found ABCpdf from WebSupergoo Software. It’s written in .NET, but it also has a COM interface for backwards compatibility with ASP. It does everything we were using CutePDF Forms SDK for and more. In addition, at least in my testing, the ABCpdf component runs slightly faster than CutePDF’s.

What really made this a clincher for us is WebSupergoo is giving away licenses of this component for free. All you have to do is link back to their website.

After several months of planning, procrastinating, ordering, and gathering, and after a couple of weeks of wondering, "Where the hell are the rings I ordered two months ago?", the actual wedding went very smoothly yesterday.

It was an outdoor wedding at her folks house in the country.  It was cloudy, a little windy, and cool, but not too bad.  A member of the family performed the ceremony, one we had pieced together from bits we found on the internet.  We had the family gather around us, rather than having them sit in chairs or benches.  We played one of "our" songs as we walked up the grass:  Thirteen by Big Star.  Asia and I looked into each others eyes while we said our vows, and it was very beautiful.

The light was just about perfect for pictures, which were taken by Asia's professional photographer father.  We'll have some posted as soon as we get our hands on them.

The reception went well also.  We had sandwich fixings, chicken strips, and BBQ meatballs.  And sodas and beer.  And two beautiful wedding cakes.  But we will be eating sandwiches and cake this whole next week.

And everyone was so nice to help out where they could.  Asia's cousin performed the ceremony, and they also went to pick up all the food for the reception.  A very nice lady who we casually know made us 2 beautiful wedding cakes, brought centerpieces and candles for each of the tables, and then wouldn't accept any money from us.  My mom helped us decorate the hall the day before, and Asia's mom helped us clean up the day after.

The only downer was it seemed that everyone left early.  But then we had a second wave of people, a small group of 5-6 of us just sitting and talking and having some beer.  It was nice.

Overall it was a wonderful day.  Now I'm looking forward to many more wonderful years with my love.

After several months of planning, procrastinating, ordering, and gathering, and after a couple of weeks of wondering, "Where the hell are the rings I ordered two months ago?", the actual wedding went very smoothly yesterday.

It was an outdoor wedding at her folks house in the country.  It was cloudy, a little windy, and cool, but not too bad.  A member of the family performed the ceremony, one we had pieced together from bits we found on the internet.  We had the family gather around us, rather than having them sit in chairs or benches.  We played one of "our" songs as we walked up the grass:  Thirteen by Big Star.  Asia and I looked into each others eyes while we said our vows, and it was very beautiful.

The light was just about perfect for pictures, which were taken by Asia’s professional photographer father.  We’ll have some posted as soon as we get our hands on them.

The reception went well also.  We had sandwich fixings, chicken strips, and BBQ meatballs.  And sodas and beer.  And two beautiful wedding cakes.  But we will be eating sandwiches and cake this whole next week.

And everyone was so nice to help out where they could.  Asia’s cousin performed the ceremony, and they also went to pick up all the food for the reception.  A very nice lady who we casually know made us 2 beautiful wedding cakes, brought centerpieces and candles for each of the tables, and then wouldn’t accept any money from us.  My mom helped us decorate the hall the day before, and Asia’s mom helped us clean up the day after.

The only downer was it seemed that everyone left early.  But then we had a second wave of people, a small group of 5-6 of us just sitting and talking and having some beer.  It was nice.

Overall it was a wonderful day.  Now I’m looking forward to many more wonderful years with my love.

After several months of planning, procrastinating, ordering, and gathering, and after a couple of weeks of wondering, "Where the hell are the rings I ordered two months ago?", the actual wedding went very smoothly yesterday.

It was an outdoor wedding at her folks house in the country.  It was cloudy, a little windy, and cool, but not too bad.  A member of the family performed the ceremony, one we had pieced together from bits we found on the internet.  We had the family gather around us, rather than having them sit in chairs or benches.  We played one of "our" songs as we walked up the grass:  Thirteen by Big Star.  Asia and I looked into each others eyes while we said our vows, and it was very beautiful.

The light was just about perfect for pictures, which were taken by Asia’s professional photographer father.  We’ll have some posted as soon as we get our hands on them.

The reception went well also.  We had sandwich fixings, chicken strips, and BBQ meatballs.  And sodas and beer.  And two beautiful wedding cakes.  But we will be eating sandwiches and cake this whole next week.

And everyone was so nice to help out where they could.  Asia’s cousin performed the ceremony, and they also went to pick up all the food for the reception.  A very nice lady who we casually know made us 2 beautiful wedding cakes, brought centerpieces and candles for each of the tables, and then wouldn’t accept any money from us.  My mom helped us decorate the hall the day before, and Asia’s mom helped us clean up the day after.

The only downer was it seemed that everyone left early.  But then we had a second wave of people, a small group of 5-6 of us just sitting and talking and having some beer.  It was nice.

Overall it was a wonderful day.  Now I’m looking forward to many more wonderful years with my love.