Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
I know you mentioned open source tools, but I wasn't 100% sure if you were limited to open source. Windward Reports seems like a tool for the job. http://www.windwardreports.com. It's not free and in fact it's pretty expensive. We are leaning towards using this tool because of the ease of use they advertise. Supposedly you create a template in Word and you then can output to all types of different formats. I am curious to know if anyone has any experience with this tool before we shell out the two grand it costs. Thanks. "Barnett, Brian W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action class and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? Open source tools, code snippets, tips & tricks, etc. ?? Thanks a bunch. Brian Barnett - Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign!
Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
From: "Barnett, Brian W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Forgive my naivety, Wendy, but what are the benefits of redirecting to a Servlet? My reasons, in no particular order... - I wanted a ".pdf" URL showing in the browser address line - the redirect lets me show a 'please wait' page - the sample code I started with was already a Servlet - it's not tied to Struts. It looks at something in the session, reads stuff from the database and spits out a PDF. If it works for you from an Action, I won't argue that you should rewrite it as a Servlet. -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
I've used iText for straight PDF generation, but I don't know how
applicable it is to your problem. It's a great tool with TONS of
examples. http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
-Bill
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I've been exposed to JasperReports, but in this case, I think it would be
overkill for what I need. Thanks for the idea.
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Did you have a look at JasperReports (
http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/index.html) ?
Jimmy
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RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
I've been exposed to JasperReports, but in this case, I think it would be overkill for what I need. Thanks for the idea. -Original Message- From: Coyne, Jimmy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:23 AM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options Did you have a look at JasperReports ( http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/index.html) ? Jimmy > -Original Message- > From: Barnett, Brian W. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 July 2004 23:22 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [OT] RTF & PDF export options > > > Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action class > and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? > > > > Open source tools, code snippets, tips & tricks, etc. ?? > > > > Thanks a bunch. > > > > Brian Barnett > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
Forgive my naivety, Wendy, but what are the benefits of redirecting to a Servlet? -Original Message- From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:46 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options From: "Barnett, Brian W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action > class and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? iText, but I don't do it in an Action, I redirect to a Servlet whose job it is to output the PDF bytes. -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Did you have a look at JasperReports ( http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/index.html) ? Jimmy > -Original Message- > From: Barnett, Brian W. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 July 2004 23:22 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [OT] RTF & PDF export options > > > Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action class > and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? > > > > Open source tools, code snippets, tips & tricks, etc. ?? > > > > Thanks a bunch. > > > > Brian Barnett > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
fop - http://xml.apache.org/fop/index.html
In my opinion better than iText - gives a bit more control. I had problems
with layout in iText - it adds funny paragraph spacing (especially with big
fonts). For fop - generate an XML file with data, write some XSL to
translate data into fop xml, and then process. Can create one xml file, one
xsl file, and translate it to what ever you want!
Says it doesnt support rtf yet... "This is currently not integrated with FOP
but it will soon." Might be worth trying their mailing lists to see what's
happening with it.
With iText, you generate the whole thing programatically.
With iText or fop it's easy to do from an action:
public ActionForward execute(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream outPDF = null;
try {
//... generate data here
outPDF = ...
// set response headers
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "max-age=60");
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
StringBuffer cd = new StringBuffer();
cd.append("inline");
cd.append("; filename=");
cd.append("whatever");
cd.append(".pdf");
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", cd.toString());
response.setContentLength(outPDF.size());
// send pdf data
ServletOutputStream sos;
sos = response.getOutputStream();
outPDF.writeTo(sos);
sos.flush();
// return null so it just outputs data (no forward)
return null;
}
Hope that helps,
Daniel.
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RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
It's a recipe in "Struts Recipes" (Manning -- publishing soon). If you contact George Franciscus through Manning he might give you some advice. Danilo Gurovich Manager, Web Development LowerMyBills.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2401 Colorado Ave., 2nd Floor Santa Monica, CA 90404 (310) 998-6412 -Original Message- From: Barnett, Brian W. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 3:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [OT] RTF & PDF export options Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action class and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? Open source tools, code snippets, tips & tricks, etc. ?? Thanks a bunch. Brian Barnett - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
Brian: I'm guessing that you can do this with iText. It has RTF and PDF writers, and I think you can use the RTF as the source doc for the output PDF. FYI, if you're running iText on a headless server, you'll need to set java.awt.headless=true. This works for JDK 1.4.x. Barnett, Brian W. wrote: Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action class and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? Open source tools, code snippets, tips & tricks, etc. ?? Thanks a bunch. Brian Barnett -- Nick Heudecker System Mobile, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 312.420.8217 Web: http://www.systemmobile.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Barnett, Brian W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action > class and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? iText, but I don't do it in an Action, I redirect to a Servlet whose job it is to output the PDF bytes. -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options
Barnett, Brian W. wrote: Any suggestions for converting html to RTF and PDF inside an action class and then sending the RTF or PDF back to the client? Open source tools, code snippets, tips & tricks, etc. ?? Thanks a bunch. Brian Barnett Check iText (http://www.lowagie.com/iText/), it's fast, reliable and has got a lot of features for pdf you'll like. The documentation is good and first of all, it's free. Regards Axel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
