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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.

At our organization, we have to comply with HIPAA. When management decided that having cell phones and PDAs access company email was a security risk, I went about disabling that access.

On our Exchange 2003 server, I disabled Outlook Mobile Access, User Initiated Synchronization, POP3, and IMAP4. But we left Outlook Web Access (OWA) turned on, so that staff can still check their email from home. I figured that should just about cover any method that PDAs would use to download email.

I didn’t know that Blackberries can grab emails using the OWA interface. But I soon found that out. After searching around on the net, it looks like the only good way to block these devices is to block the Blackberry Internet Service IP ranges at the firewall. Luckily, BIS itself publishes a list of IP ranges that it uses.

At our organization, we have to comply with HIPAA. When management decided that having cell phones and PDAs access company email was a security risk, I went about disabling that access.

On our Exchange 2003 server, I disabled Outlook Mobile Access, User Initiated Synchronization, POP3, and IMAP4. But we left Outlook Web Access (OWA) turned on, so that staff can still check their email from home. I figured that should just about cover any method that PDAs would use to download email.

I didn’t know that Blackberries can grab emails using the OWA interface. But I soon found that out. After searching around on the net, it looks like the only good way to block these devices is to block the Blackberry Internet Service IP ranges at the firewall. Luckily, BIS itself publishes a list of IP ranges that it uses.

At our organization, we have to comply with HIPAA. When management decided that having cell phones and PDAs access company email was a security risk, I went about disabling that access.

On our Exchange 2003 server, I disabled Outlook Mobile Access, User Initiated Synchronization, POP3, and IMAP4. But we left Outlook Web Access (OWA) turned on, so that staff can still check their email from home. I figured that should just about cover any method that PDAs would use to download email.

I didn’t know that Blackberries can grab emails using the OWA interface. But I soon found that out. After searching around on the net, it looks like the only good way to block these devices is to block the Blackberry Internet Service IP ranges at the firewall. Luckily, BIS itself publishes a list of IP ranges that it uses.