Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2009-01-25 Thread mvadlamudi
Hi i am also having the same problem. if u found the solution please send me also. i am loading data form web page.i got the following error. if u want i am sending data file also. find the attached file. http://www.nabble.com/file/p21649382/ViewShowPdf.java ViewShowPdf.java java.lang.ClassCas

Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
Harakiri wrote: > I dont understand that argument - when you are doing a > customized job you have to worry about the connection > to the external datasource In our case, it's a combination of a TXT log file and Java objects that form an OO layer on top of the D-Isam database. > AND building an X

Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread Harakiri
--- "Bruno Lowagie (iText)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It depends. At Ghent University we still have a > database > that doesn't understand SQL (we use D-Isam, a C-Isam > clone, > a file based system, accessed using a C JNI; it's a > legacy). > In that case, it's handier to write custom classe

Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
Harakiri wrote: > Yes you can write all of that yourself, including > connecting to external datasources... reinvent the > wheel =) It depends. At Ghent University we still have a database that doesn't understand SQL (we use D-Isam, a C-Isam clone, a file based system, accessed using a C JNI; it's

Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread Harakiri
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 t

Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread Martin Denham
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

Re: [iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread Bruno Lowagie (iText)
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 possibil

[iText-questions] generate pdf using xml template

2007-08-31 Thread mjdenham
Hi, We need to generate pdfs from xml templates. Seam-pdf would suit our purposes but unfortunately we can't use it because it requires jdk 1.5. I searched your list and found a reference to UJAC. I wonder if anybody else is using UJAC successfully. The forums are not very active. Alternativ