Fop is just another approach of going from a meta description to a result with different rendering targets. FOP is a standard but almost not used, so design tools are scarce, you should probably give visual tools in conjunction with reporting engines a shot: Following ones come to my mind Jasper Reports with one of the Design tools (which there are a handful) Eclipse Birt which is free and looks also very good.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So you think FOP is not the best approach and idea? > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Werner Punz > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2005 14:21 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: What PDF library or framework to create PDF on the > fly-->iText? > > > There is no direct way to do that, you only can simulate the form layout > some mentioned cocoon, but that one is only usable that way if you use > cocoon as html frontend as well, but that seems to be out of the > question, I can recommend to think about simulating your form in PDF > with the given data, > BIRT seems to be quite good for this area since it allows various > datasources and a viusal design. > Handcoding that stuff via iText is not recommendable, been there done > that too much code. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I already asked some days ago, now I had time to look a bit at iText and >>after that I'm not really smarter than before. >> >>I'm not sure if this library will help me. >>I want to do the following: >>The Myfaces JSF Page is normally shown to the user (some results from a >>report or some text from the database) >>Now I want to have a button, which generates a PDF File out of this screen. >>So the PDF Creating must be done on the fly (depending on what the user >>sees) >> >>How can I do that? >>Any examples? >> >>Thx, Regards >>Andy >> >>______________________________________________________________________ >>This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >>intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >>addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify your >>system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has >>been swept for the presence of computer viruses. >>______________________________________________________________________ > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > your system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept > for the presence of computer viruses. > ______________________________________________________________________ >
