3) An app named HTMLDoc.exe will need to be installed on the server (ask the
webmaster where you're hosted to do this...explain that it creates PDF docs
and should not interfere with other hosted sites..they get kinda squirelly
about that sort of thing...hehe).
ah well that's a sticking point.
daniel kessler wrote:
So...is there any free software for CFMX 6.1 to take a web page to PDF? Our
IT hasn't updated to 7 yet, but it looks like that'd do it. If not free, any
cost software? Do you think bringing this page to PDF will work?
itext is quite powerful
3 options off the top of my head:
-HTML2PDF3 custom tagwrap around HTML to be printed and it creates a PDF
you can serve up via CFCONTENT
-go to SourceForge and look for iText...this is for fancier stuff...so try
option 1 first ;-)
-move to CF 7 (but again...try option 1 first...really
Why not just turn on background printing on the browser or is that something
you don't have control of for this site?
Paul
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3 options off the top of my head:
-HTML2PDF3 custom tagwrap around HTML to be printed and it creates a PDF
you can serve up via CFCONTENT
-go to SourceForge and look for iText...this is for fancier stuff...so try
option 1 first ;-)
-move to CF 7 (but again...try option 1 first...really
OK...not sure why a server upgrade is being suggested over a simple custom
tag solution...but I sure wouldn't go that far unless there was no other way
!!
It's like buying a new car because you like the rearview mirror better than
you current car ;-)
Cheers
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP
It's like buying a new car because you like the rearview mirror better than
you current car ;-)
Dynamic Document generation is a bit bigger than a rearview
mirror...It can be major selling point. You must realize in this
situation the main reason for a PDF is for a uniform print format. Why
el: Martes, 29 de Marzo de 2005 13:24
Para: CF-Talk
Asunto: Re: dynamic pdf creation
OK...not sure why a server upgrade is being suggested over a simple custom
tag solution...but I sure wouldn't go that far unless there was no other way
!!
It's like buying a new car because you like
@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: dynamic pdf creation
It's like buying a new car because you like the rearview mirror better
than
you current car ;-)
Dynamic Document generation is a bit bigger than a rearview
mirror...It can be major selling point. You must realize
Bryan Stevenson wrote:
Trust me...I know how hard it CAN be if your document is complex (like my
base doc which is 16 pages when empty...and 100% data driven)...I've used
iText...it's a PITA, but it works like a champ ;-)
actually itext is as complicated or simple as you need it to be. it
I turned it on in the browser and that worked, but that's me with my client (PC
IE) in hand. Others won't see that. There's no way to do this programmatically
is there? I have control over the site, but not the server itself which is
controlled by our webhosting and the main reason that we're
Yep...great product...and I can atest to how much better it's becomeI
recently removed about 500 lines of *ahem* workarounds because an earlier
version had issuesbut the latest rocks!!
and yes...when you can place anything you want by the pixel...that's
control ;-)
Bryan Stevenson
Bryan the broken record says try HTML2PDF3 ;-)
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
phone: 250.480.0642
fax: 250.480.1264
cell: 250.920.8830
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Bryan the broken record says try HTML2PDF3 ;-)
I am looking into it. I've not used a custom tag before so I don't know much
about them. I'm a bit intimidated, honestly, which is hard to say on a
programming list.
Just as a fyi, the url is:
http://www.letsjam.com/downloads/html2pdf3.cfm
Bryan the broken record says try HTML2PDF3 ;-)
http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/faq.php?20#20
HTMLDOC currently supports most HTML 3.2 and some HTML 4.0 elements.
HTMLDOC does not support HTML 4.0 tables, attributes, stylesheets, or
scripting. HTML 4.0 functionality is currently in development and
CFReport and the new Report Builder are enough to sell me on the upgrade.
The improved performance is just gravy.
-Original Message-
From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:23 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: dynamic pdf creation
It's like buying a new
I am looking into it. I've not used a custom tag before so I don't know
much about them. I'm a bit intimidated, honestly, which is hard to say on
a programming list.
Not to worry...we don't bite (often) ;-)
Here's what you'll need to do:
1) dload tag
2) put the HTML2PDF.cfm file in
: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: dynamic pdf creation
I turned it on in the browser and that worked, but that's me with my client
(PC IE) in hand. Others won't see that. There's no way to do this
programmatically is there? I have control over the site, but not the server
ColdFusion MX 7 makes it a breeze. Dunno if anyone had mentioned it yet...
-Joe
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:10:35 -0400, daniel kessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bryan the broken record says try HTML2PDF3 ;-)
I am looking into it. I've not used a custom tag before so I don't know much
about
3 options off the top of my head:
-HTML2PDF3 custom tagwrap around HTML to be printed and it creates a PDF
you can serve up via CFCONTENT
This isn't such an easy option - you need to have HTMLDoc on your server, and
if you're in a shared hosting environment that can be a bit difficult.
Check out http://www.fytek.com/. They have a product called PDF Report
Writer. I believe it was developed in Perl. They have a Windows binary,
Linux binary, or you can purchase the Perl source. I have used it to
dynamically generate reports in CF.
Ken
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| From:
Unix or Linux? I know that there's a number of libraries (many are open
source - look up pdf at Sourceforge - www.sf.net) for generating PDF's. You
don't have the ease of ActivePDF's COM interface, but the libraries have
the advantage of being very lightweight, like most things in the Unix
On Solaris I use a free utility called html2pdf
(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/5247/). It took quite a bit of work
to get it to work and it is very picky with your HTML tags. I used CF to build
a static HTML page then had the utility convert that page to pdf. I couldn't
get it to
PM
Subject: RE: Dynamic PDF products for Unix?
On Solaris I use a free utility called html2pdf
(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/5247/). It took quite a bit
of work
to get it to work and it is very picky with your HTML tags. I used CF to
build
a static HTML page then had
Depending on how dynamic your talking about here's some ideas.
If you want to make the whole pdf file from scratch:
www.pdflib.com
www.fastio.com
plethora of tools here:
http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?MenuID=193WebPageID=612
If you have a PDF template that just needs a few items
Hi Stephen,
Sorry for delay in responding I have been away from theoffice.
ActivePDF.com I looked installed locally and frankly could not
understand it so gave up.
I have Adobe acrobat which I use locally for manuals etc but this
is just not my field. I can see you are exasperated as well
202.797.6570 (direct line)
www.figleaf.com
-Original Message-
From: Gordon Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 4:35 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Dynamic PDF
Hi Stephen,
Sorry for delay in responding I have been away from theoffice.
ActivePDF.com I looked
Its not really an activePDF question but a generic one :)
Do u know of a plugin that allows mark-up online of PDF's, by multiple
peeps?
We're using a DHTML mark up of JPG's atm but would like to move to a PDF
workflow to match our production
Cheers
Stew
Q: is it MS "legal" to put MS Word on a server and remotely
control it to print stuff out?
I'm not a lawyer, but according to the MS Developer Days presentation I
attended a couple of years ago, as long as you pay for the copy of Office
you put on the server, you're OK.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig
Thak you
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Watts" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Q: is it MS "legal" to put MS Word on a server and remotely
control it to print stuff out?
I'm not a lawyer, but according to the MS Developer Days presentation I
attended a couple of years ago, as long as you
, November 08, 2000 12:13 AM
To: CF-Talk
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dynamic PDF
This may help.
http://www.zeon.com.tw/pdfdrive.htm
My thought process on this is ... buy this tool / pdf printer driver -
Load it and MS Word on the server.
Create your .doc or .rtf files via cf .. whatever
Mike check out www.activepdf.com
I use their activepdf toolkit to generate all kinds of pdf files on the fly
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From: "Mike Sullivan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "CF-Talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:53 PM
Subject: Dynamic PDF
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, you could manually create it.
~Simon
-Original Message-
From: Sean Renet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:39 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Dynamic PDF
Mike check out www.activepdf.com
I use their activepdf toolkit to generate all kinds of pdf files on the fly
There's a custom tag called htm2pdf that does this.
http://devex.allaire.com/developer/gallery/SearchResults.cfm?keywords=html2p
dfsearch=search. I haven't actually put it to the test, but I plan to use
it in the near future. If you use it, could you tell me what you think and
problems you
All,
Is there a way to create PDFs on the fly? My users get a results set
from a query and I would like to give them a dynamic way to print it.
Any thoughts on how it can be done?
A PDF file is really text inside, if you just need to change a few
parts of the file, like their name + account
Nope, not true - a PDF file uses compression. More info at:
http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=pdfspec
Regards,
Howie
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From: "Ryan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "CF-Talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:12 AM
Subject: Re:
dynamic generation, but
you're typically looking at $10k+ just to buy the software...
Ian Lurie
www.portentinteractive.com
www.pdfconnect.com
-Original Message-
From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:34 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Dynamic PDF
Nope
I finally have the web piece of Crystal Reports running and it works quite
well. Get a hold of CR version 8 if you can.
Athelene Gieseman
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-Original Message-
From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:53 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject:
At 09:33 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
Nope, not true - a PDF file uses compression. More info at:
http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=pdfspec
It may or may not use compression, its not part of the standard.
Any PDF reader should be able to read a PDF if its compressed
or not.
RPS
A PDF file is really text inside,
true... but pdf accounts for every bit in the file, and changes will cause
the file to not open many times.
if you just need to change a few
parts of the file, like their name + account number or something,
but the rest of the document stays the same, you
There was a thread on this previously...I believe that the main app that
could do this was removed from circulation due to legal problems with
Adobe...but I think someone posted a somewhat complex workaround. You
should be able to find info in the archives...The archives are still around,
aren't
: Monday, October 30, 2000 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: Dynamic PDF
There was a thread on this previously...I believe that the main app that
could do this was removed from circulation due to legal problems with
Adobe...but I think someone posted a somewhat complex workaround. You
should be able to find
It all basically depends on what the application is.
Crystal Reports, Word, Excel, tabular data output in a browser/html from a
cf query
www.pdfzone.com
www.planetpdf.com
Stephen M. Aylor
Aylor Insurance Agency, Inc.
"Specialized insurance for Technology Risks"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ops ...What platform(s)? Browsers?
Steve
All,
Is there a way to create PDFs on the fly? My users get a results set
from a query and I would like to give them a dynamic way to print it.
Any thoughts on how it can be done?
TIA
Mike
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