Does Anyone has this product in a production environment? It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly. Any other application or suggestion will be welcome. Thanks, Fernando Lujan
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 02:07 pm, Fernando Lujan wrote:
Does Anyone has this product in a production environment?
It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly. Any other application or suggestion will be welcome.
I know of Prince, which translates any xml+css document into a pdf. Very nice, but it isn't free. This isn't an ad, but we've demoed it, and I believe it very easy to integrate into Zope. Here's the url: http://www.princexml.com/ Andy
Thanks,
Fernando Lujan
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We use htmldoc. It's a bit old and a bit grotty, but it does the job. On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Fernando Lujan wrote:
Does Anyone has this product in a production environment?
It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly. Any other application or suggestion will be welcome.
Thanks,
Fernando Lujan
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Some discussion on this general area last week (not so much experience - at least on my part - but options) http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope/2005-November/162812.html
Does Anyone has this product in a production environment?
It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly. Any other application or suggestion will be welcome.
Thanks,
Fernando Lujan
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--On 16. November 2005 13:38:03 -0800 Dennis Allison <allison@shasta.stanford.edu> wrote:
We use htmldoc. It's a bit old and a bit grotty, but it does the job.
For a recent project we are using csstoxslto to convert HTML to XSL-FO. Using an XSL-FO processor you can produce RTF, PDF etc. from a single source. I recommended using the commercial Xinc processor for PDF over the free Apache FOP processor (which sucks totally). -aj
Fernando Lujan wrote:
It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly.
I'm guessing you're using the open source reportlan library? Maybe you should think about going up to the RML processor they do, which costs money but is pretty amazing. What sort of budget do you have for this? cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk
Chris Withers wrote:
Fernando Lujan wrote:
It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly.
I'm guessing you're using the open source reportlan library? Maybe you should think about going up to the RML processor they do, which costs money but is pretty amazing.
What sort of budget do you have for this?
A small budget. But my company is really interested in such processor/tool/product. Long ago, I sent a e-mail to the reportlab team. I wanted to know if they provide a tool similar to iReport. But I received no answer. Now, I ask again... is there such tool? Thanks in advance, Fernando Lujan
A tool to do what, specifically? Chris Fernando Lujan wrote:
Chris Withers wrote:
Fernando Lujan wrote:
It's easy to configure and stuff? We currently are working with the reportlab, but it's painful to change the document... :( I need a product which generates a PDF file on the fly.
I'm guessing you're using the open source reportlan library? Maybe you should think about going up to the RML processor they do, which costs money but is pretty amazing.
What sort of budget do you have for this?
A small budget. But my company is really interested in such processor/tool/product. Long ago, I sent a e-mail
to the reportlab team. I wanted to know if they provide a tool similar to iReport. But I received no answer.
Now, I ask again... is there such tool?
Thanks in advance, Fernando Lujan
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--On 23. November 2005 16:08:42 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Chris Withers wrote:
A tool to do what, specifically?
A Front-End to design the PDF format. Like Jasper Reports, but one which works with python and reporlab. :)
Did you look at XSLFO as suggested. It really works.... -aj
Andreas Jung wrote:
--On 23. November 2005 16:08:42 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Chris Withers wrote:
A tool to do what, specifically?
A Front-End to design the PDF format. Like Jasper Reports, but one which works with python and reporlab. :)
Did you look at XSLFO as suggested. It really works....
Yes and I found this product: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_screenshots.html With this tool, I can create a HTML export to a XML. And with this XML, can I generate dinamic PDF files on the fly with the reportlab's software? Thanks in advance. Fernando Lujan
Fernando, take a look at HTML_ToPDF (www.rustyparts.com). It's free and it works. - Asad On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Fernando Lujan wrote:
Andreas Jung wrote:
--On 23. November 2005 16:08:42 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Chris Withers wrote:
A tool to do what, specifically?
A Front-End to design the PDF format. Like Jasper Reports, but one which works with python and reporlab. :)
Did you look at XSLFO as suggested. It really works....
Yes and I found this product: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_screenshots.html
With this tool, I can create a HTML export to a XML. And with this XML, can I generate dinamic PDF files on the fly with the reportlab's software?
Thanks in advance.
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--On 23. November 2005 16:45:00 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Yes and I found this product: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_screenshots.html
You should read my former answer carefully. I pointed you to the tool "CSSTOXSLFO" and the Xinc PDF converter (www.lunasil.com). Both are Java based applications and can be integrated into Python and Zope. -aj
Andreas Jung wrote:
--On 23. November 2005 16:45:00 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Yes and I found this product: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_screenshots.html
You should read my former answer carefully. I pointed you to the tool "CSSTOXSLFO" and the Xinc PDF converter (www.lunasil.com). Both are Java based applications and can be integrated into Python and Zope.
Hi Andreas, Yes... I saw this tool. But the company wants a python solution for this... :( Thanks anyway. :) Fernando Lujan
Fernando. There is a python equivalent of the PHP script HTML_ToPDF.php that you can use as well. And it's free as well! - Asad On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Fernando Lujan wrote:
Andreas Jung wrote:
--On 23. November 2005 16:45:00 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Yes and I found this product: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_screenshots.html
You should read my former answer carefully. I pointed you to the tool "CSSTOXSLFO" and the Xinc PDF converter (www.lunasil.com). Both are Java based applications and can be integrated into Python and Zope.
Hi Andreas,
Yes... I saw this tool. But the company wants a python solution for this... :(
Thanks anyway. :)
Fernando Lujan
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Asad Habib wrote:
Fernando. There is a python equivalent of the PHP script HTML_ToPDF.php that you can use as well. And it's free as well!
Thanks Asad. I already downloaded it... How can I use it passing a HTML file and returning a PDF to the browser? Did you already work with it? Thanks. Fernando Lujan
No need to bake a pie when you can buy one at the grocery store! Asad :) On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Andreas Jung wrote:
--On 23. November 2005 17:05:36 -0200 Fernando Lujan <fernando.lujan@terra.com.br> wrote:
Yes... I saw this tool. But the company wants a python solution for this... :(
Then bake one :-)
-aj
Absolutely! Google is a man's best friend. - Asad On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
Am Mittwoch, den 23.11.2005, 14:29 -0500 schrieb Asad Habib:
No need to bake a pie when you can buy one at the grocery store!
You can? Where is the store where I can buy the python wrapped render/print lib of gecko/mozilla please?
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