Just be aware that most, if not all, such libs are using IE engine to
capture the html, so that becomes your most important browser :)
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Tobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Lol, I'd say this is a bit off topic :)
>
> I tend to use PDF libraries as late in the game as possible.
> Basically, I do this:
>
> 1. Don't bother learning to use a PDF library, and spending hours
> farting about trying to design a reports using a code API.
>
> 2. Create reports as web pages in HTML / ASP.NET, just like any other
> pages in your site. You can work with the design and layout tools you
> know and love - such as CSS and notepad :). HTML gives you great
> control over character sets, directional layout for RTL languages,
> images, CSS etc. You also can use cool ASP.NET graphing libraries,
> image libraries, etc etc.
>
> 3. Find a PDF library that can **import** a web page to the standard
> you need. Usually something like this:
>
> SomePDF.AddPage("http://127.0.0.0/Invoices/PrintPreview/1234";,
> Options.AddPageNumbers);
>
> 4. So, you can now turn web pages into PDFs. You can stream them to
> the browser like this: Response.WriteFile( SomePDF.OutputStream );
>
> I've used this approach on 5 projects so far (NET and Ruby on Rails),
> and I personally like it a lot. The 2 libraries I've really enjoyed
> are these:
>
> - AbcPDF (.NET) - http://www.websupergoo.com/abcpdf-1.htm. Try the
> online demo, it's amazing. They used to give out free licenses if you
> put them on your home page.
> - Pd4ML (Java, .Net in public Beta) - http://pd4ml.com/. The
> international (Arabic, Central European etc) support in this was
> perfect, and it's fast.
>
> Tobin
>
>
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