Tim, Have a look at http://docraptor.com/
Uses PrinceXML under the hood, which is the gold standard, but costs an arm and a leg. DocRaptor's plans seem reasonable and I have heard good comments about them. They have a decent API with Ruby/Rails examples. Good luck! Steve On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 5:14 PM, Tim McEwan wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to automate the creation of around 100 PDFs with user data and > graphics generated by JS (charts mostly, but maybe some Raphael). Each PDF > is an energy bill. The whole environment can be controlled, so it doesn't > need to be client-side cross-platform or anything. However, we'd like to be > able to package it up and have others use it, so the simpler the better. > > I've looked at Prawn, but I'd rather not have to draw everything from first > principles. It seems wkhtmltopdf is a better bet so I tested it on > highcharts.com (http://highcharts.com). It does a good job > (http://cl.ly/2l1c3C083u3N), but not as good as straight Safari > (http://cl.ly/2Q0F0J0C022a). So I thought perhaps I'd automate a browser > instead, but that may not be so simple > (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11537103/how-to-handle-print-dialog-in-selenium). > > Has anyone got any tips on the best way to go? > > Thanks, > Tim > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
