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Re: use case for ERPDFWrapper?


  • Subject: Re: use case for ERPDFWrapper?
  • From: Paul Hoadley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:44:09 +1030

Hi Ray,

On 17 Jan 2015, at 6:59 am, Ray Kiddy <email@hidden> wrote:

> Does anyone have a use case for the ERPDFWrapper classes?

I've used ERPDFWrapper to create really simple reports quickly, in situations where there was no business case for doing anything more complex/better looking.  Despite the lack of documentation, its insistence on XHTML and issues with extraneous whitespace, and being based on a fairly ancient PDF library, the output is usually acceptable considering the amount of effort you need to put in.

> It kind of looks as though if I have a XML doc to write out to PDF and
> I am not trying to do much with the layout or to change the appearance,
> I can use ERPDFWrapper. But if I do not care about configuring the
> appearance, why would I be using PDFs?

It does seem to respond appropriately to at least some of the print-related CSS properties.  I've been able to make some semi-decent looking reports with minimal effort.

> Or maybe ERPDFWrapper is more amazing than I can see. Is it? For what?

No, I don't think it is.  You've about covered it.  For me it's a reasonable solution in cases where there's no budget to do anything better.  Elsewhere, for example, I've used XSL-FO to give complete control over page layouts, but that kind of thing takes a lot more time, and a good FO processor is not cheap if FOP doesn't cut it for your needs.


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Paul Hoadley
http://logicsquad.net/



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