Yes you can write all of that yourself, including connecting to external datasources... reinvent the wheel =)
OR you just use JasperReports which can do this very good, has a graphical XML Report designer, can fill report data any external data source through an Interface and allows you not only to export to PDF (using itext in the background) but also html, rtf and so on.... --- Martin Denham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would you recommend this custom approach over the > use of UJAC or something > similar? I don't know enough to be able to evaluate > the relative > advantages. > > Martin > > On 31/08/2007, Bruno Lowagie (iText) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > mjdenham wrote: > > > Alternatively are there any other options? > > > > At Ghent University, we create invoices the way > you describe. > > We have one large XML containing all the possible > clauses: > > students that are enrolled full-time, half-time, > students > > that combine courses,... I guess we have about 30 > possibilities > > + combinations. > > > > I wrote a custom DocumentHandler, a custom > PageEvent and > > a class that gets data from the database to find > out which > > clauses apply (it also keeps data to replace tags > like > > <studentname />). The XML is parsed using SAX and > my custom > > handler knows which custom tags correspond with > which > > iText objects. > > > > If you have the book about iText, you'll see I use > this > > technique in some of the book examples too. > > > > br, > > Bruno > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? > Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files > using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> > http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: > http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? > Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using > AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/> _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: > http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
