From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 29 10:58:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from webmail.emre.de (webmail.emre.de [194.8.203.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AB5737B400 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.emre.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3THwB634538 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:58:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from info@emre.de) X-Authentication-Warning: webmail.emre.de: www set sender to info@emre.de using -f Received: from 192.168.2.65 ( [192.168.2.65]) as user emre@webmail.emre.de by webmail.emre.de with HTTP; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:58:08 +0200 Message-ID: <1020103088.3ccd89b10068c@webmail.emre.de> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:58:09 +0200 From: Emre Bastuz To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PDF's and advice on fee pls. References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020429094213.03e82b40@icsmx.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020429094213.03e82b40@icsmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.0 X-Originating-IP: 192.168.2.65 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Jorge, > a) A prospect of client is asking me to develop an application that > validate users against a database, after validation they could fill some > forms, depending on status , group and data returned by the validation. > After they fill the form a PDF has to be created on the fly and sent by > email to the client and his/her sale advisor. well - the authentication and form stuff pretty much indicates that php + apache + mysql might suit your needs. There are many tutorials and templates out there that can make your life easier. On the other hand, I have never seen a tool written in PHP that does create (complex) PDF´s reliably. I have once tried to use the pdflib myself but to me it seemed far too complicated. As mentioned in an earlier mail on this list, the PDF creation should probably be done by some tools involving LaTex. > b) I have not been working on my own on projects like this for a while. How > much would you say this project is worth? How would you charge it? per > hours? per project?. I´d charge it 'per project'. In the contract with the customer you should define exactly when the project is to be considered finished. I guess thats the most important part in the project, or you might end up supporting the 'project' forever :) I guess it would also be a good idea defining some time based fees for maintenance issues that sure will follow. This way both, you _and_ your customer will know what you´re up to. > The project includes to configure and setup the > platform and software chosen for the project. That´s another reason for chosing php, apache, mysql. You usually get excellent support for these systems and they´re free. Good luck. Emre -- Emre Bastuz info@emre.de http://www.emre.de UIN: 561260 PGP Key ID: 0xAFAC77FD ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message