It doesn't support css at all. And, the only thing you can do to handle format is to use basic tables. Download HTMLDoc and try it out, it has a gui format that you can use to check out what it actually renders.
~Todd On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Joshua Miller wrote: > Thanks for the info ... I found the HTML doc site earlier and actually - > HTML2PDF3 uses HTMLDOC ... It's a small world ;) I got the HTML2PDF3 tag > to work finally, but it hoses the formatting, no matter what parameters > I pass it. > > My question for you about HTMLDOC is this: If I transform formatted HTML > into PDF, how well does HTMLDOC handle the transformation? I read that > it doesn't support HTML4 or CSS, how do you handle formatting? All HTML3 > ? > > Thanks for your input, > > Joshua Miller > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 7:02 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: HTML2PDF3 on CFMX > > > Joshua, > > You could try htmldoc, a very powerful html to pdf convertor utility, > which works via the Command line and is free. > http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc > > There's excellent flexibility and documentation with this product. I > don't work for them, but I've used htmldoc for over 2 years now for all > sorts of things, from creating personalised custom car brochures on the > fly, to invoicing, or simply converting a brochureware site to a pdf > booklet. > > I began using it when using CF4.5 which had some problems with its > cfexecute tag, so I've used the CFX_execute tag available from the tag > gallery, eversince. > > HTH, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15 October 2002 19:54 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: HTML2PDF3 on CFMX > > > I can't get HTML2PDF3 to work with CFMX ... I get a java.io.IOException > error. The documentation seems a bit flaky too ... It refers to using > the path to the executable wihtout the .exe or filename, then the sample > file uses the full path and filename to the executable - it errors > either way, using the sample file right out of the ZIP or modifying it > as the directions say it should work. It generates the HTML templates, > then doesn't convert - it errors when accessing the executable file. > > Anyone know of anything else? Or anyone have any experience with > HTML2PDF3 on CFMX? > > Thanks, > > Joshua Miller > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric G. Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 2:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: PDF to HTML on-the-fly > > > At 01:37 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >There is the html2pdf3 tag in the gallery that works quite well. And > >its free. > > > >Sam > > Here's something that I ran across that doesn't seem to work (at least I > > couldn't make it work with MX). > > I don't have the author attribution easily available, but I'm sure I > could find it if anyone is interested. > > In any case, I'd be interested if someone knows how to make something > like this work (a situation where you can use form inputs to populate > PDF form fields and present the pdf to the end user or mail it or > whatever). > > I'll list the entire set of instructions below. > > Thanks in advance. > > EGM > > > > PDF Form Fields How To > This example was done with Adobe 5 and Word 2K > > 1. Create the .doc or .dot as you require. > 2. Save it as a .pdf using Adobe > 3. Open the pdf with Adobe > 4. Add the form fields. This is done by clicking on the form tool > and > placing the field where you want it. > > In my example the grid is turned on (CTRL U) or by clicking on View|Grid > The grid settings are adjusted by clicking on Edit|General|Layout Grid. > In this case, the width and height between lines is .25” with two > subdivisions. > > 5. Right-click on the field, then on “Properties”. Next click on > “Options”. > 6. In the example, the first field is called “today” and the > default > is called #todayDate#. This will be a variable name a little later. The > “Type” is text. This is the default. > 7. The second field in the example is done the same way. > 8. Save the pdf. > 9. Next, click on “File|Export|Form Data” and save the exported > form > (This is the .fdf) to the same directory as the pdf. > 10. Now, start ColdFusion studio and open the fdf this way: Click > on > File|Open|All Files. You will see a warning that this is an > File|Open|unrecognized > text file. Click on “Open”, anyway. > 11. Place a <CFOUTPUT> tag right before the first % sign in the > fdf > and a </CFOUTPUT> immediately after the EOF at the end of the fdf. The > example shows you where. Spaces before or after the tags will generate > errors. > 12. In the area where you see “/F (sampledoc.pdf)/ID” (without the > > quotes) add an URL path before the filename, such as > “http://servername/directory structure/filename” (without the quotes). > See the example. Where you see servername above, you can use localhost > or an IP address. > 13. Save the file. > 14. Open a new CF template and add the code per the example. Save > it. > 15. You sre ready to go. > > > NOTES: 1. Adobe will not preserve your source document margins. > 2. The text in the Adobe document will not be in exactly the place > as > the source document. To get > Adobe to put things where you want them, you have to “play” with > the source document. 3. You CANNOT open the fdf with Adobe. You will > get an error. Open it with CF Studio. > > > > The FDF looks like this: > > <cfoutput>%FDF-1.2 > %âăĎÓ > 1 0 obj > << > /FDF << /Fields [ << /V (#fieldcontent#)/T (fieldcontent)>> << /V > (#todayDate#)/T (today)>> ] /F > (http://master/dqa/adobe/sampledoc.pdf)/ID [ > <c2331da405f412d95820b8849ee5fb59><0f5bb617ffcfb2e18a1dd497cd3c2b18> > ] >> > >> > endobj > trailer > << > /Root 1 0 R > > >> > %%EOF > </cfoutput> > > > > > > > The CF template looks like this: > > <!---set date ---> > <cfset todayDate=#day(now())#&" "&#MonthAsString(month(now()))#&", > "&#year(now())#> > > <!---simulate a query variable---> > <cfset simulatedcontent="This could be a query result"> > <!--- if a query, it could be <cfset simulatedcontent = > "#queryname.fieldname#"> ---> > > <!---this comes next---> > <cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="yes"> > > <!---add variables---> > <cfset variables.todayDate="#todayDate#"> > <cfset variables.fieldcontent="#simulatedcontent#"> > > <!---Fire it up---> > <cfheader name="content-disposition" > value="inline;filename=sampledoc.fdf"> > <cfcontent type="application/vnd.fdf"> > <cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="no"> > <cfinclude template="sampledoc.fdf"> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
