If you use a servlet to create the HTML via "plain iText" in the first place, the result should be almost completely portable to PDF, merely by repeating the creation process and using a PdfWriter instead of an HtmlWriter. Or you could create the PDF and HTML simultaneously by attaching both DocWriters to the same Document, but this would of course leave you with a lot of PDFs you might not need...
-Matt --- Richard Elsberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been experimenting with iText for about 4 days > and have come close > to my solution but keep getting stumped. I have a > web page that displays > database info and I want to have the option for > users to generate a pdf > version if needed. I am using Java and there are two > places where I keep > getting stuck:: > > 1. GRAB THE HTML THAT THE JSP GENERATES ON THE FLY > - have tried a URLConnection (problems with > re-login here) > - playing with a custom tag that incases the page > then saving it to a > string using the doAfterBody() method. This hasen't > been working too > well. The jsp has several layers of includes and may > be too complex for > this. > > 2. CONVERT THE HTML TO A ITEXT DOCUMENT > -Once I grap the html, how do I convert the HTML > that the JSP creates > over to an iText Document object so that I can use > the PDFWriter to > write it out as a ByteArrayOutputStream. I am still > searching the > archives and using the tutorial provided. > > Has anybody had to develop a similar solution. It > seems like this would > be a common need. Perhaps I am approachng this the > wrong way or don't > understand iText enough yet. > > Any input would be GREATLY appleciated. > > Thanks, Richard > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application > Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- > http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
