I have been working with a lot of dynamic reports lately and I decided to use CFDocument because I am not a fan of the Report Builder.  CFDocument has all sorts of issues as well and I am working through them as they come up.  For instance If you ever run into the problem with CFDocument cutting off text during a page break, its probably because you dont have the latest patches/hot fixes applied to your server. I ran into this recently and figured I would share the fix (duh always keep your CF server up to date if you can):

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402465&sliceId=1
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402093&sliceId=1

Greetings, I didn't blog about this right off the bat, mostly because I was so ticked off at the decision and I would of just ranted on and on. Also because I work for Boeing and wasn't exactly sure if I could or not.  Than I thought, I can express my opinion first most because I am a tax payer and I can exercise my first amendment rights of free speech :), secondly I didn't work on that proposal so I know exactly the same as what is available to the public.

I decided to say a couple things and to post this link where you can go to petition against the decision.

http://www.house.gov/tiahrt/tanker_survey.htm

I know we have a lot of readers that do not live in the U.S. and probably live in Europe.  I have nothing against you or your place of origin.  (You guys have great beer, period...)

What troubles me is that we are spending our tax dollars (40 Billion, with a possible 60+ Billion dollar follow-on) investing in a foreign company during a time where the American Economy is fragile, the dollar is weak, Real estate market is falling apart and the unemployment rate is falling.  It is just troubling and I feel powerless as a citizen. 

The fact is the Air Force didn't take economical impacts into their decision, is was strictly based on technical merit (which is also being scrutinized) and in times like these I just don't believe that should be the main consideration.  We have the Buy American act for times just like this and yet it was waived....

If you are a US citizen and have an opinion either way, I encourage you to blog about it and vote at the petition link I posted above.  Go exercise your rights!