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PDF or XPS: Choose the Right Document Format for Your Applications
Providing a single source for creating, converting, and processing both PDF and XPS documents
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Mar. 9, 2008 11:00 AM
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With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft is introducing a new document format named "XML Paper Specification" or XPS. Microsoft describes XPS as follows: "The XML Paper Specification (XPS) describes the format of a new general-purpose document made available by Microsoft to facilitate the easy exchange of documents between applications, platforms and hardware systems... XPS Documents offer a convenient alternative to paper documents for viewing, printing, transferring and archiving" (www.microsoft.com/whdc/XPS/XpsLicense.mspx).
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The description looks a lot like what PDF does. The licensing of XPS is also very similar to the way Adobe licensed PDF in order to make it a widely used standard. In this article, we will look at the differences between PDF and XPS and advantages of each format. We will also look at ways to create either one of these formats and end up with some recommendations about which format to use in particular situations.
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enhancements have been
added to the latest
version of Sybase
PowerBuilder 11, the
premier 4GL rapid
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11.2 represents another
milestone in the
PowerBuilder road
In June of 2007, Sybase
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PowerBuilder developers
can now deploy
PowerBuilder components
as .NET Assemblies or as
.NET Web Services. A
PowerBuilder developer
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who develop .NET
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from PowerBuild
A shortcoming of
PocketBuilder 1.x and 2.x
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Web Services. This
shortcoming had always
irritated us, but the
limitations of the
PocketPC and the size of
the traditional
PowerBuilder approach
prevented us from
providing an adequate
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