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Re:Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated?... by rbag on Sunday September 11, 2016 @12:55AM (#12472060)
Worked with this kind of tech for a few years... And trash it to go with Aspose components.

It's slow, and really hard to debug when it's not working (not only pdf output but merge fields).

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Re:Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated?... by teh_klev on Sunday September 11, 2016 @02:07PM (#12474692)
Aspose is a complete no brainer, yet so many clients complain about the extra cost. Somehow they don't see the hours of their own time debugging this stuff as invariably costing far more.
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