This is pretty old but it might be helpful. http://www.coldfusionmuse.com/index.cfm/2006/2/16/cfdocument.performance
The main thing to realize is that converting HTML to PDF is really a trick - going from a fluid medium to a very staticky and specific medium. Unless your HTML is already pretty lean and minimal you may need a different layout wrapper. Also check to see if your CSS is even making it into cfdocument. Remember that if you use something like: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/mystylesheet.css" media="screen" /> In your cfdocument, CF has to retrieve that resource to "include" it into the doc. Under the hood it makes a cfhttp call right? The server has to resolve the domain into the proper IP etc. So a lot of things might have to go right for that to work. -Mark Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:17 PM To: cf-talk Subject: css and cfdocument...grrr Ok, I know cfdocument is finicky about the html it tries to render into a pdf. I have a template I'm putting together and it validates xhtml transitional, it uses both @import and link to include the stylesheet (just in case), I use a standard Yahoo supplied reset css file and the resulting html renders identically in Firefox, IE 7 and Chrome. So, several things don't actually render correctly at all in the resulting pdf. Things like background colors bleeding over into other elements, background colors not showing up at all on a div whose only content are other divs, etc. Where are the best places to look for tips on making it behave? And are there good troubleshooting guides for things to pay attention to/avoid? I'm ok with a little black magic but this is getting irritating as there is no obvious place to correct these problems. Thanks, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323654 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
