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I need to generate about 20 letters every night, each one has a different address and some different text within them (ie. name, phone, etc.). The files need to be in PDF format. Id like to write a .NET application to do this for me, querying an Oracle
database for the addresses and other data. Id like to know what people think the best solution is for doing this.
Ive thought of doing it as an SSRS report since we have an SSRS server but from my understanding, creating a report that looks like a letter (instead of a table) within SSRS is difficult.
I thought of using iTextSharp to fill in a PDF form and then flatten it but I didnt know if that was a good solution or not.
I dont want to have to have Word installed on the server that runs this application that I write so a simple mail-merge probably wouldnt work for me.
Any ideas from experienced programmers would be helpful as Im trying to build something nice to replace a quick and dirty solution that we already have in place.
Thanks!
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database for the addresses and other data. Id like to know what people think the best solution is for doing this.
Ive thought of doing it as an SSRS report since we have an SSRS server but from my understanding, creating a report that looks like a letter (instead of a table) within SSRS is difficult.
I thought of using iTextSharp to fill in a PDF form and then flatten it but I didnt know if that was a good solution or not.
I dont want to have to have Word installed on the server that runs this application that I write so a simple mail-merge probably wouldnt work for me.
Any ideas from experienced programmers would be helpful as Im trying to build something nice to replace a quick and dirty solution that we already have in place.
Thanks!
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