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Date:      Wed, 12 May 1999 23:18:27 +1000 (EST)
From:      Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au>
To:        "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Formatting Print Output - FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905122316320.2150-100000@iserver.itworks.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990512061346.032a63b0@ccsales.com>

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Hi,

You could use Perl to talk to your database and to write a TeX/LaTeX
document that you could then run through tex/latex and then a dvi to
whatever filter.

Gavin

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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Randy A. Katz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> No-one had any ideas on this???
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I want to create documents like invoices, statements from my FreeBSD box. I
> want to include a logo, font styles, size changes, and perhaps a few shaded
> boxes. 
> 
> How would I do this using PERL which gets the data from the database? Are
> there any print formatting utilities which can be scripted to?
> 
> Please help,
> Randy Katz
> 
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