On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:12:06 -0700, "Rhek"
[quoted text, click to view] <Rhek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>I have just moved an ASP Classic website to a new hosting company that has a
>number of .NET components available. The website works fine after the move
>with one exception. We were creating PDFs using ASPPDF for ASP but now it
>looks like only ABCPDF.NET is available.
>
>My knowledge of ASP.NET is very limited at this time and I am planning on
>converting the site to ASP.NET soon but I really need to get the PDF working
>as soon as I can.
>
>Is any of the following possible...
>
>1) "wrap" the ASPPDF com control so I can use it at the new hosting company
>as a workaround for now? This would be the easiest for me as I would not need
>to change the asp classic code (maybe a little). Maybe place the asppdf com
>control in the .bin directory? The control does need registered in it's
>current form.
No.
[quoted text, click to view] >2) access the ABCPDF.NET component from a classic asp page?
No.
[quoted text, click to view] >3) write the pdf code in ASP.NET and then call that code from an ASP Classic
>page? If I write this as a web service can I call the web service from an ASP
>Classic page? I would need to pass a parameter, maybe two parameters to the
>pdf code
Yes.
[quoted text, click to view] >4) I am open to any suggestion other then migrate the website to asp.net at
>the moment as I need to get this up and working in the next few days if
>possible.
Then use #3.
ASP and ASP.NET code can live happily together. They cannot share
sessions, but you can pass variables with a query just fine.