pdf-generation

I know this has been asked before, but I'm still undecided on which PDF generation framework to use for my current project. My requirements on-the-fly generation of PDF documents (mainly order forms, invoices) Java based easy to layout should be open source easy to change layout A lot of people seem to use iText , but I have some concerns (apart from the changed licence) regarding separation of concerns: In an HTML context there's good MVC support, where I usually stick to Spring MVC and FreeMarker to separate logic and layout. I'm a little bit worried that with iText you end up mixing code

I'm looking to create a printable pdf version of my website webpages. Something like express.render() only render the page as pdf Does anyone know a node module that does that ? If not, how would you go about implementing one ? I've seen some methods talk about using headless browser like phantom.js , but not sure whats the flow. Jozzhart Extending upon Mustafa's answer. A) Install http://phantomjs.org/ and then B) install the phantom node module https://github.com/amir20/phantomjs-node C) Here is an example of rendering a pdf var phantom = require('phantom'); phantom.create().then(function(ph

I'm working on one functionality in my current application, in which i want to convert html file into pdf format and save it in storage. for that i'm using Printing HTML documents PdfDocument right now I am not keen in using iText because they need you to buy a commercial license. i want to achieve this printing with webview. first i'm struggling with image display and proper display content which i achieve by changing my code and html file now i cannot create multiple pages in pdf. i can create only one page with very small images and content in size and all in one page instead of diving in

I have two methods. One that generates a PDF at the server side and another that downloads the PDF at the client side. How can i do this without storing it in the Server side and allow the client side to directly download this. The Following are the two methods: public void downloadPDF(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException{ response.setContentType("application/pdf"); response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment;filename="+ "testPDF.pdf"); FileInputStream fis = null; DataOutputStream os = null; try { File f = new File("C://New folder//itext3.pdf");

What techniques available to fill a pdf form automatically using external data and save them. I have to use data from a database to fill a template pdf and save a copy of it on disk with that data. Language and platform is not issue but it would be good if it can run on windows and Linux. Any one can guide me through it or point to any article that might help. duffymo You can use either xsl-fo (if you like xml and xsl-t) or Lowagie's iText (Java) / iTextSharp (C#). To elaborate on the answer by duffymo you've approved, allow me to share a chapter of my book with you: manning.com/lowagie2

I'm trying to convert a Google spreadsheet with multiple sheets to a PDF file. The script below works, but it only creates a PDF with the last page of the spreadsheet. function savePDFs() { SpreadsheetApp.flush(); var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); var sheets = ss.getSheets(); var url = ss.getUrl(); //remove the trailing 'edit' from the url url = url.replace(/edit$/,''); //additional parameters for exporting the sheet as a pdf var url_ext = 'export?exportFormat=pdf&format=pdf' + //export as pdf //below parameters are optional... '&size=letter' + //paper size '&portrait=false' + /