I am very happy to say that all demo applications and unit tests run without issue.

You can download the virtual machine, upon which I performed the tests and which is designed to get you up and running with LiveDocx in a matter of minutes, using the following link:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_20121203.zip (430 MB).

IMPORTANT: This release of Debian is intended for testing only. Please do not (yet) install it in a production environment.

The Debian 7.0 Wheezy based virtual machine ships with the following users:

username: root
password: livedocx
 
username: livedocx
password: livedocx

ZendService_LiveDocx is installed in:

/home/livedocx/ZendService_LiveDocx

The demo applications, which illustrate all of LiveDocx’ functionality, are in:

/home/livedocx/ZendService_LiveDocx/demos

As a first step, cd into /home/livedocx/ZendService_LiveDocx/demos and run:

php check-environment.php

Then follow the on-screen instructions on setting up the configuration file DemoConfiguration.php.

The unit tests, which test all of LiveDocx’ functionality, are in:

/home/livedocx/ZendService_LiveDocx/tests

To run the unit tests, simply cd into the above directory and run phpunit.

The virtual machine is pre-configured to run with LiveDocx Free. If you have a premium account and would like to run LiveDocx Premium, please add your premium credentials to the following files:

/home/livedocx/ZendService_LiveDocx/demos/DemoConfiguration.php [lines 41, 42]
 
/home/livedocx/ZendService_LiveDocx/tests/TestConfiguration.php [lines 60, 61]

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.

Below are some photos from the event:

I was a great pleasure to talk about document generation in Zend Framework 2 using LiveDocx.

Today was the first time that I held a presentation in a language foreign to than that of the attendees. If you had any difficulties in understanding what I said, I apologize profusely.

Please download the slides (below) to review the content at your own pace. If you have any questions about the presentation or about LiveDocx, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may write in Chinese or English. We have members of staff who can translate any Chinese into English for me.

Again, it was a pleasure talking with you this morning. I am very much looking forward to demonstrating LiveDocx throughout the day and at the social event.

Download the slides.

The title and synopsis are as follows:

Template-Based DOCX, DOC & PDF Generation with Zend Framework 2

Using current PDF generation libraries in PHP, it is time consuming to get the formatting of a document exactly right. You need to choose between either the HTML-to-PDF approach, or the programmatic approach, in which you define the x and y co-ordinates of each and every element on a page.

In this session, I would like to present an alternative approach to generating not only PDF files with PHP but, amongst others, also DOCX and DOC, and even TIFF and BMP. It utilizes templates, created in a word processing package, for example Microsoft Word, and Zend Framework 2.

The approach supports PHP on Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

The talk is scheduled to take place at 10:10 at the Academia Sinica, which is hosting the one day event this year.

I am very happy to demonstrate the latest features of LiveDocx 2.1 and to offer my assistance getting started with LiveDocx. Just ask me. I will be at the Speakers Dinner and all other social (networking) events before, during and after the main conference.

I look forward to seeing you all in Taipei next week.

According to Matthew Weier O’Phinney, Zend Framework Project Lead:

Other [parts of the framework], such as the service components, have been moved to their own repositories to ensure that as APIs change, they do not need to wait on the framework to release new versions.

I am delighted to announce that ZendService_LiveDocx has been updated to run with the Zend Framework 2.0.0. After you have executed git pull, you can update your projects with:

php composer.phar update

You can also download the stable version of the VMWare virtual machine that I released around a month ago. This contains everything you need to test LiveDocx 2.1 in Zend Framework 2.0:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_ZF_2.0.0.zip (540 MB).

Please read the README.TXT file in the root directory of the archive.

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below, or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.

Last Friday, Zend Framework 2 RC7 was released.

According to Matthew Weier O’Phinney, Zend Framework Project Lead:

Evidently, when you say something is “the last”, or “stable”, that’s when folks actually start testing. Such was the case when, two days ago, we released Zend Framework 2.0.0rc6. Overnight, we got a ton of patches submitted, and a number of them were targetting not simply differences in expectations, but actual issues in the code.

I am delighted to announce that ZendService_LiveDocx has been updated to run with the latest version of Zend Framework. After you have executed git pull, you can update your projects with:

php composer.phar update

You can also download the next version of the VMWare virtual machine that I released around a month ago. This contains everything you need to test LiveDocx 2.1 in Zend Framework 2.0:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_20120905.zip (555 MB).

Please read the README.TXT file in the root directory of the archive.

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below, or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.

Yesterday, Zend Framework 2 RC6 was released.

According to Matthew Weier O’Phinney, Zend Framework Project Lead:

[Zend Framework 2] RC6 is slated to be the last release candidate before shipping a stable version.

I am delighted to announce that ZendService_LiveDocx has been updated to run with the latest version of Zend Framework. After you have executed git pull, you can update your projects with:

php composer.phar update

You can also download the next version of the VMWare virtual machine that I released three weeks ago. This contains everything you need to test LiveDocx 2.1 in Zend Framework 2.0:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_20120830.zip (570 MB).

Please read the README.TXT file in the root directory of the archive.

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below, or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.

On Friday, Zend Framework 2 RC5 was released.

I am delighted to announce that ZendService_LiveDocx has been updated to run with the latest version of Zend Framework. After you have executed git pull, you can update your projects with:

php composer.phar update

You can also download the next version of the VMWare virtual machine that I released three weeks ago. This contains everything you need to test LiveDocx 2.1 in Zend Framework 2.0:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_20120828.zip (570 MB).

Please read the README.TXT file in the root directory of the archive.

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below, or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.

On Friday, Zend Framework 2 RC4 was released.

I am delighted to announce that ZendService_LiveDocx has been updated to run with the latest version of Zend Framework. After you have executed git pull, you can update your projects with:

php composer.phar update

You can also download the next version of the VMWare virtual machine that I released a couple of weeks ago. This contains everything you need to test LiveDocx 2.1 in Zend Framework 2.0:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_20120820.zip (560 MB).

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below, or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.

And finally… Thank you all for your interest in LiveDocx 2.1 at PHP Unconference Hamburg 2012 last weekend (see event photos). It was an awesome event and a delight to demo the latest LiveDocx 2.1 features.

Towards the end of last week, Zend Framework 2 RC3 was released.

I am delighted to announce that ZendService_LiveDocx has been updated to run with the latest version of Zend Framework. You can update your projects with:

php composer.phar update

You can also download the next version of the VMWare virtual machine that I released last week. This contains everything you need to test LiveDocx 2.1 in Zend Framework 2.0:

• Download ZendService_LiveDocx_VM_20120813.zip (560 MB).

I encourage you to download the virtual machine and try it out for yourself. Feel free to contact me, using the comments section below or by posting into the support forum, if you need any help, or notice any issues with the virtual machine.