Andy, Ron, Many thanks for you suggestions. Both look like they have some potential.
FOP looks like the most flexible. The problem with it is that, like BlazePDF for client-side, it seems like you need to manually describe your layout item by item, line by line. So, you can imagine that for a 20+ document with a very detailed, complicated layout (think a mutal fund prospectus), this would be INCREDIBLY time consuming and nearly impossible to change. Our application is a proposal generator, so the layout and quality of the resulting document is very important. It should look like a professionally designed brochure - not a simple 1 or 2 column word document. This seems like this is the type of project that many people have tackled previously - I'm hoping to hear about someone's success story, and the approach they used. Cheers, Matt On 12/20/06, Andy Herrman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not really sure if it'll be helpful or not, but if you can get an application on the server side that's able to print you could use PDFCreator to create the PDF itself: http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator Though I'd do that as a sort of last resort, as it would be better if you could just generate the PDF directly instead of going through a couple layers of applications. -Andy On 12/20/06, Ron Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apache's FOP is probably a good candidate. > It takes instructions in XML and converts them to PDF's. > Requires a bit of willingness to play with XML and probably XSLT but > will make some pretty fancy stuff. > It is free. > > Ron > > matt stuehler wrote: > > All, > > > > I'm working on an RIA using Flash. One of the requirements is that, at > > the end of the "experience," the user should be able to > > create/download a PDF containing a bunch of charts, graphs, tables, > > and text, all customized based on her inputs. > > > > I've looked into g.wygonik's blazePDF. While this looks like an > > awesome component, I don't think it's robust enough to do everything > > I'll need - the PDF output I'm expecting may easily run to 20+ pages > > of complex charts - drawing each page line-segment at a time may not > > be feasible. Plus, the appearance of the output is critical - all > > kinds of curves, gradients, etc. - the "fancy stuff." > > > > Another requirement is that the PDF should "pull-in" a few > > pre-generated PDFs and incorporate them into the output file. > > > > I'm guess I'm looking for a server-side solution. > > > > I don't even really know if anything like this is possible, but if > > anyone has any insights, tips, or experience they could share, I'd > > greatly appreciate it. > > > > Cheers, > > Matt Stuehler > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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