Re: PDF generator/converter
Re: PDF generator/converter
- Subject: Re: PDF generator/converter
- From: John Corrigan <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:57:35 +1000
On 10/12/2008, at 1:31 AM, Sherry Tirko wrote:
Hi All,
I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a pdf generator out there
for WO sites or even a converter for WO Components. I'd like to take
a form and make a pdf version for printing.
Thanks,
Sherry
Another option may be "The Flying Saucer Project" - An XML/XHTML/CSS
2.1 Renderer, 100% Java, open-source (LGPL).
http://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net/
This seems a little less known but I've had good success with it (no
affiliation). Converts any XHTML + CSS 2.1 compliant input to other
formats, usually PDF but apparently can do Swing no less. Passes ACID
2 and has some CSS 3 support. It uses iText internally for PDF output.
I'm using the latest pre-release without issue (R8pre2 as of Jan 08).
Make sure the input validates as XHTML (for the most part, it's not as
strict as http://validator.w3.org/).
WebStart demo app:
https://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net/r7/demos.html
Fonts:
It needs to be told about custom fonts (ie. those not available in the
JRE).
Example usage (with fonts):
As a starting point a small example project in plain Java is attached
(see readme).
Sláinte
John
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