Just out of curiosity, why not use Artefact, https://sites.google.com/site/artefactpdf ?
I haven't looked at the different approaches, but I have this natural tendency against native libraries, if we can do it directly in Pharo. That is why I am asking: why this road and not the other ? On 21 May 2014, at 14:14, Torsten Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > tried to wrap the WKHTML library (wkhtmltopdf.org) with NB to easily generate > a PDF > using HTML from Pharo. I think this could serve as an easy printing solution > for Pharo. > > Code for an initial wrapper is on > http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/WKHTML2PDF > with a simple class calling the component using NativeBoost. See class > "WKPDFLibrary example" > I used Windows and the wkhtmltox.dll. > > The C example I follow with only a few function calls is very simple and can > be found at > the bottom of: http://m.blog.csdn.net/blog/pengqianhe/8089007 > > The component is called, I get correct structs in return - but still no PDF > file is generated. > Currently I cant see the forest for the trees. Maybe someone can have a short > look what I'm > doing wrong. > > Thanks in advance > T. > > > > >
