No pain no gain

Time for another enhancement for the Apache web server. If you followed my other 2 Apache postings, you will have a secure web server configuration which has SSL enabled and is monitored by the mod_security application level firewall. Now it is time to setup the WebDAV module so that you can use your web server as an external file storage.

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Today Apple officially announced that OSX 10.5 alias Leopard will hit the stores on October 26th. Leopard has more than 300 new features compared to 10.4. Take a look at the link for a nice summary of the new features. I do especially like the new Xcode features.

iText is a free Java library for generating PDF documents inside your own applications. The library is easy to use and can produce great results with only little programming. The basic usage is pretty simple. Let’s take a look at a small “Hello World” application:

Document document = new Document();
try {
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("output.pdf"));
    document.open();
    document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
} catch (Exception e) {
}
document.close();

Creating a new document object will initialize a new PDF document with A4 dimensions. The PdfWriter will be used to write the resulting document to an OutputStream, which is in the above example a file. After opening the document you can just add new paragraphs to the document.

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Just a quick note to let you know, that this blog is not dead . I have been on vacation the last 3 weeks and just got back. As soon as things settle down a bit, you can expect regular postings again.