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non-commercial use is free. On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Vinay Sajip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > On Sep 15, 12:53 pm, Bobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm looking for a smart and simple way to create a PDF document from a > > HTML page. > > > > I've a page with some tables that contains several numbers and I want > > my users to be able to create those tables into a PDF document they > > can send or download to their harddrive. > > > > In my search I found the documentation for the Django PDF via > > Reportlab but to be honest it seem way to advanced and complex > > compared to what I've in mind. > > > > I searched google and found some extern web-services that can create > > PDFs from a HTML page but they take money for it and I rather not be > > depending on another webservice. They might be down or have overload > > or something that can make problems. > > > > So my question is if anyone out there knows about a way to get around > > my little problem. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Bobo > > Rather than a server-side solution, what about a client-side PDF > printer? PDFCreator is a free download for Windows clients, and on > Linux you should be able to set up a PDF printer under CUPS. See: > > http://www.pdfforge.org/ > > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Setting_up_a_PDF_printer_in_CUPS_in_my_case_in_Slackware > > Of course with a PDF printer you don't get full control of the PDF > produced. For better control, ReportLab is the ticket, and not as hard > as it looks - especially if you use the Platypus package. > > Regards, > > Vinay Sajip > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
