Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread Juan Alvarado
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 t

Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread Wendy Smoak
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 s

RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread William T Hansley
d to "Struts Users Mailing List" To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options I've been exposed to JasperReports, but in this case, I think it would be overkill f

RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread Barnett, Brian W.
TF & 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]' > Subj

RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread Barnett, Brian W.
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.

RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread Coyne, Jimmy
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

RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-20 Thread Daniel Perry
return null; } Hope that helps, Daniel. > -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 c

RE: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-19 Thread Danilo Gurovich
(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 sendi

Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-19 Thread Nick Heudecker
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. wr

Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-19 Thread Wendy Smoak
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

Re: [OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-19 Thread Axel Stahlhut
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 f

[OT] RTF & PDF export options

2004-07-19 Thread Barnett, Brian W.
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