Tool Name: Scriptura
Inventive Designers NV
Sint-Bernardsesteenweg 552
2660 Hoboken
Belgium
tel: +32 3 821 01 70
fax: +32 3 821 01 71
email:
sales@inventivedesigners.com
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The Scriptura Designer
costs 1995 ¤ per seat.
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The Scriptura Engine
costs 2995 ¤ per processor.
Note: Prices may vary depending on the volume.
Scriptura is a cross-platform
and XSL based document design and generation solution. The product consists of
two packages:
1.
Scriptura Designer:
This tool is a WYSIWYG user interface that allows you to design document
templates. Design features include text, images, bar codes, tables,
multi-lingual capabilities, virtual page lengths and more. Each object can be
customized and conditionally formatted. The template document is input to the
Scriptura Engine Professional Edition, that generates output in PDF, XSLT,
XSL-FO, XHTML and PCL5. The Engine Professional Edition is included in the
Scriptura Designer.
2.
Scriptura Engine
Enterprise Edition: This package offers, besides the features provided by the
Scriptura Engine Professional Edition:
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Java API's, to integrate
the Engine functionality in Java based applications and Web Application
Servers, like Tomcat and WebSphere.
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Command line interface.
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iSeries CL command, to
integrate in existing RPG, COBOL or CL applications.
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SOAP interface, to
connect to a remote Engine
Scriptura is focussed on the
cross-platform design and generation of busines-type documents, like invoices,
reports etc. Our target market is every market where documents must be designed
and generated. Thus, you could consider each market as our target market.
A lot of it (more than 50%).
Our primary goal is not to do everyting XSL-FO supports, because our focus is
to support everything you need in business type documents, and whatever our
graphical designer supports. More and more of the XSL-FO specification will be
supported in the future.
We have one extension, that
allows you to set input and output trays on a simple-page-master.
1.
The product is developed
in Java ( -> cross-platform) and is available on Windows, Linux, Solaris,
iSeries, Macintosh and any other Java 1.3.1 platform
2.
Separation between
layout (Scriptura Designer) and rendering (Scriptura Engine) functionality
3.
Easy integration into
customer applications, using Java API's, a SOAP interface, a platform dependent
interface and more
4.
WYSIWYG user interface,
no programming or prior knowledge required. Developed for both novice and
experienced users.
5.
Advanced design and data
functionality
6.
Output in PDF, XSLT,
XSL-FO, XHTML and PCL5
Scriptura is a cross-platform
and XSL based document design and generation solution. Users do not need to
have any programming experience or prior knowledge about XML, XSL, XPath,
XSL-FO ... . No programming or coding is required. Everything is wizard-driven.
The product consists of two
packages:
1.
Scriptura Designer:
This tool is a WYSIWYG user interface that allows you to design document
templates using a drag-and-drop and wizard driven approach. Design features include:
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Text:
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Grows when dynamic data
is inserted
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Supports word wrapping
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Insert symbol dialog
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Property conditions
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Create hyperlinks
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Text properties: font,
size, color, bold, italic, underline, strike through, alignment (left, right,
center, justify), paragraph spacing ...
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Multi-lingual
capabilities
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Line object
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Rectangle object
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Images:
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JPG, GIF and PNG
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Support for dynamic data
images and images from a URL
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Lock aspect ratio
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Support for dynamic SVG
images
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Table:
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Can be nested
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Cell splitting, spanning
and merging
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Running headers and
footers
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Rows are added when
dynamic data is inserted
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Bar code:
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Uses static or dynamic
data
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Supports Code 39, Code
93, Code 39 Extended, Code 93 Extended, US Postal Service Code (PostNet),
Universal Product Code A (UPC-A), Universal Product Code E (UPC-E), European
Article Numbering 8 (EAN-8), European Article Numbering 13 (EAN-13), Code 128,
Codabar (Code 2 of 7), Interleaved of 5, Standard 2 of 5, Code 11 (USD-8)
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Page:
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Page number property
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Generate a dynamic
number of pages
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Multiple columns
(news-paper style columns)
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Virtual page lengths in
Designer allow more content on page that actually fits. Engine will split
content over multiple pages.
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Objects can be customized
by setting properties like, font, color, size, postion, margin ...
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All objects can be
conditionally formatted/displayed based upon logical criteria calculated on the
underlying data.
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Data:
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A wizard-driven approach
allows users to add data from XML or relational databases. No programming is
required.
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The template document
(saved as an *.scd file) is input to the Scriptura Engine Professional Edition,
that generates output in PDF, XSLT, XSL-FO, XHTML and PCL5. The Engine
Professional Edition is included in the Scriptura Designer.
2.
Scriptura Engine
Enterprise Edition:
This package offers, besides
the features provided by the Scriptura Engine Professional Edition:
·
Java API's, to integrate
the Engine functionality in Java based applications and Web Application
Servers, like Tomcat and WebSphere.
·
Command line interface.
·
iSeries CL command, to
integrate in existing RPG, COBOL or CL applications.
·
SOAP interface, to
connect to a remote Engine
The cost of application
development can be greatly reduced because document templates can be reused
across applications (written in different programming languages) and across
platforms (running different operating systems). Because of the clear
separation between application logic, documet layout anf preferred output
format, application and document maintenance becomes easier.
The endorsement of
technologies like Java, SOAP, XML, XSLT, XSL-FO, JDBC, XPath, XHTML, PDF and PCL,
proves Scriptura's commitment to these industry standards and results in a
significant protection of your investment.