I sent this before, but I don't think it got through.

Mikal

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 - PandaLex PDF Parsing Library 
(http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/getpage?area=pandalex&page=index.htm)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 05:42:21 +1100 (EST)
From: Michael Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Matthew Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] outputting .pdf format from servlets,
     and authentication of users in apache

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Matthew Taylor wrote:

> Has anyone used a report writer tool in a web development environment? I've
> heard of crystal reports but not having used it I'm a bit dubious of it
> being the answer to everything.

You mention PDF in the subject line, but not in the body of the message.
As far as I can tell, the options for generating PDF on the fly for the
web are:

  * Panda / PandaScript
        http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/getpage?area=panda&page=index.htm
        http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/getpage?area=pandascript&page=index.htm
        written by a really nice guy ;) 

  * ClibPDF
        http://www.fastio.com
        as little more fully featured than panda, but the code aint as
                nice and there is a commercial use license

  * PDFLib
        http://www.pdflib.com
        again a commercial use license, and slow...

Let me know if you decide to go this route and need help.

Cheers,
Mikal

--
Michael Still ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
 - Panda PDF Generation Library 
(http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/getpage?area=panda&page=index.htm)
 - PandaLex PDF Parsing Library 
(http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/getpage?area=pandalex&page=index.htm)
 - GPG Public Key at http://www.stillhq.com/mikal.asc

"To read makes our speaking english good" -- Xander, Buffy the Vampire Slayer in "I 
Robot, You Jane"






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