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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by ja...@cps.pf on 2001/07/26 00:40:12 UTC
Réf. : RE: Dynamically Generate PDF
We are using http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ and it work great !
> I've tried to do this with jsp (without succes), but with a
> servlet it can be done quite easy:
> Use tex->dvi->ps->pdf (where tex is a TeX document, (LaTeX))
> (maybe it can be done even easier...)
> If someone knows how i could do this with jsp, (read tex with
> taglibs) i'm eager to know it)
>
This is a restrictive option. It's much better to use one of the
many XML/XSL based packages and generate from there. In this way
you can extend the document definitions as needed which with TeX/LaTeX
is possible but not the preferable solution in my book.
Commercial
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PageLayout - http://www.sitraka.com
Open Source
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iText - http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
FOP - http://www.xml.apache.org
Other
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General Info/Links - http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?WebPageID=450