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Alternative to PDFtk under Fedora 21

I wanted to join multiple pdf files together. I usually have used pdftk but it has been retired. You can get a pdftk source rpm but it depends on gcj and several other packages that have been superseded in Fedora 21. So an alternative is needed... # install...

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ATO AUSKey Under Fedora 21

The first question I had was which version of the Oracle Java Development Kit should I install? If you have firefox-34.0-1.fc21.x86_64 installed (note the x86_64) you need to install the x64 version of the Oracle JDK Do not do this: yum localinstall...

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QCAD now Supports Complex Line Types

https://plus.google.com/116353478893976991600/posts/aRevgCpC1He I have been looking for an application that will do train tracks over an image...  QCAD as of version 3.7.3 now supports an extra series of "complex line types" This is why I continue to purchase the...

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Change Progress DB Block Size

Been a while since I posted anything... And I found this in my drafts. I can't remember if this is correct but no one is wrong on the internet so... prostrct create db-name db-name.st -blocksize 8192 procopy $DLC/empty8.db db-name   While you can create a...

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TCPDF Tables with Word Wrapping Cells

TCPDF Tables with Word Wrapping Cells

This code is used to create a table using TCPDF the example I got it from used Cell which didn't word wrap and then when switching to writeCell the borders were messed up so I had to change the code from another example to properly write the cells and their borders....

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