Case Studies

SoftGuide uses RealObjects PDFreactor® for the automated production of software exposés

Since 1996 SoftGuide has been providing online information about software solutions in the area of industry solutions, business applications areas and standard software. The SoftGuide database currently contains more than 8,000 up to date program descriptions plus company profiles of more than 5,100 suppliers, producers and service providers. In 2006 more than 6.4 million visitors visited the SoftGuide portal to research commercial software solutions.

SoftGuide uses RealObjects PDFreactor for the automated production of software exposés, which visitors can print out or download.

Read this case study to learn how PDFreactor converts pre-generated HTML files into software exposés in PDF format – of excellent quality even when the HTML files contain problematical code.

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Deutsche Post World Net integrates RealObjects PDFreactor® in Intranet application "PDF Basket"

Deutsche Post World Net is a leading provider of both Dialog Marketing and efficient outsourcing and system solutions for the mail business. In 2006 the group's turnover reached more than 45 billion Euro. Deutsche Post World Net employs over 500,000 staff in more than 220 countries and territories, making it the second largest employer in the world.

They used PDFreactor to implement the application "PDF Basket". Similarly to a shopping basket, staff can now collect the content of any Intranet pages they want at a click of their mouse and then after a final check print them or send them as one continuous document.

Read this case study also to learn why the styling-based processing model of CSS is superior over the transformation-based processing model of XSL, for the majority of documents printed or streamed over the Web.

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DZ BANK integrates RealObjects edit-on® Pro into a web-based system for processing loan applications

The DZ BANK AG is already the fifth largest banking group in Germany and is the 34th largest bank in the world. In partnership with over 1,100 cooperative banks, the DZ BANK AG provides products and services in all relevant customer segments, liquidity management and refinancing management. The bank streamlined their Business Process Management (BPM) System for high-volume corporate credit loan processing through the integration of edit-on Pro, offering administrators and analysts a high-performance, user-friendly tool for the creation of analyses and other word processing tasks.

Read this case study and see how edit-on Pro improved system efficiency and significantly increased user-friendliness when processing corporate credit loans.

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Deutscher Sparkassenverlag integrates RealObjects edit-on® Pro 4 into KMAUS

The DSV group (Deutscher Sparkassenverlag) [German savings bank’s publishing house] based in Stuttgart has more than 1600 employees, a turnover of € 621 million and is one of the largest publishing houses in Germany. With KMAUS (KartenMedien-AUSgabeservice) [Card Media Delivery Service] the DSV group  offers an economical service for sending bankcards and/or PIN numbers. An important part of this service is the ability to change the contents of the letter layout and body online.

Read this case study and see how edit-on® Pro 4 allows fast, efficient and convenient creation of card and PIN number letters.

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University of Paderborn integrates RealObjects edit-on® Pro 4 into Open Source CMS Typo3

With about 14.000 students and 1.764 employees the University of Paderborn belongs to the most important educational institutions in Germany. Using the free edit-on Pro 4 TYPO3 Extension they integrated our editor into the very popular Open Source Content Management System TYPO3. With TYPO3 and the comfortable platform-independent editor edit-on Pro 4, Paderborn University has found an efficient and economical combination that fulfils the requirements of topicality and comfort for administration of web sites in a heterogeneous environment.

Read this case study and see how edit-on Pro 4 leverages the cost saving benefits of an Open Source Content Management System in a educational or corporate environment.

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SafeHarbor builds RealObjects edit-on® JavaBean SDK 4 into HTML Content Management System

SafeHarbor Technology Corporation designs and rapidly deploys online support environments that transform and optimize customer support interactions. Since 1998, SafeHarbor has implemented more than 100 customer support solutions. SafeHarbor's latest business solution, code-named Project Falcon, offers non-technical access to enterprise content management functionality. This makes Project Falcon one of the most powerful Internet publishing tools in the industry today.

Read this case study to learn how RealObjects edit-on JavaBean Rich Text Client can provide powerful HTML content creation and management for non-technical end users who would prefer to have no knowledge of HTML syntax and structures. Besides that, this case study clearly demonstrates why the RealObjects editing technology outperforms editor solutions based on Sun's JEditorPane control.

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Gentleware AG integrates RealObjects edit-on® JavaBean Rich Text Client into Poseidon for UML

The Gentleware AG develops and distributes UML modeling tools and related products. Their software Poseidon for UML is the world's most downloaded commercial UML tool, with over 1,200,000 copies distributed to over 100 countries. Through the integration of the RealObjects edit-on JavaBean Rich Text Client Gentleware added comprehensive WYSIWYG editing functionality to the entire Poseidon for UML product line.

Read this case study and see how edit-on JavaBean SDK increased user-friendliness and streamlined the overall creation of XHTML documentation within Poseidon for UML. You can also visit Gentleware's Website and download e.g. the free Poseidon for UML Community Edition 4.x in order to experience this sophisticated UML modeling tool together with our editor live.

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