On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Simon Macneall <macne...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That's a fabulous answer.
> I wouldn't be asking if I could convince my customers that a PDF would do. 
> They need to be able to edit the document after it is generated.
>
> -1 for helpfulness
>

Totally off the wall here but .docx files are XML so why not generate
one in Word and then manipulate that from your app?

Another crazy idea is to use OpenOffice, I think they have a Java
interface that you might be able to hook into somehow.

I have not done either of these, just throwing out some ideas.

Andrew Timberlake
http://ramblingsonrails.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education" - Mark Twain

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