Well, I finally got over my anger with NI’s software and rolled a solution that got it working. So, I’ve moved onto a few new interesting bits of code.
Currently, I working on rolling a PDF library written in C# but exposed for COM Interop. Currently a number of the major elements are abstracted out into separate classes. You can build a PDF in memory and then dump the tree to a file. This isn’t the most efficient method, but it works for the application that I have (generating PDF reports of log files from data processing software). I currently don’t handle any sort of file compression, so I will be needing to add LZW compression when I get a chance. Ultimately I will be creating a PDF builder class that loads a template XML file so that you don’t have to programatically create as much of the document.
I’ve also gotten to play with a bit of OpenGL goodness for graphing data. That project is what led into the development of the PDF library.
On a personal note, Amy and I are in the full swing of wedding planning, and have confirmed tickets to get us to Lima for the honeymoon! It should be a fun and exciting trip. There will definitely be a number of posts for that trip, and even a few before about the planning.