# Generate dynamic PDFs from RoR apps **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-dynamic-pdfs-from-ror-apps/167239 "2009-05-05T20:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Kaiser)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-dynamic-pdfs-from-ror-apps/167239/1 "2009-05-05T20:58:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Kaiser)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-dynamic-pdfs-from-ror-apps/167239/2 "2009-05-05T21:10:46Z")
Or for free, use PDF-Writer or JasperSoft reports [http://ruby-pdf.rubyforge.org/pdf-writer/](http://ruby-pdf.rubyforge.org/pdf-writer/) [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/howtointegratejasperreports?s[]=reporting](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/howtointegratejasperreports?s%5B%5D=reporting) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Kaiser)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-dynamic-pdfs-from-ror-apps/167239/3 "2009-05-06T11:15:03Z")
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:09 PM, E. Litwin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Or for free, use PDF-Writer or JasperSoft reports > > [http://ruby-pdf.rubyforge.org/pdf-writer/](http://ruby-pdf.rubyforge.org/pdf-writer/) > [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/howtointegratejasperreports?s[]=reporting](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/howtointegratejasperreports?s%5B%5D=reporting) Or Prawn [http://prawn.majesticseacreature.com](http://prawn.majesticseacreature.com) Andrew T. [http://ramblingsonrails.com](http://ramblingsonrails.com) [http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake](http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake) “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” - Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Kaiser)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-dynamic-pdfs-from-ror-apps/167239/4 "2009-05-07T02:47:43Z")
Or, for the hardcore, LaTeX. Certainly not new, but still a standard if you need serious page layout stuff. –Matt J. On May 6, 4:10 am, Andrew T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Kevin\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Kaiser)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-dynamic-pdfs-from-ror-apps/167239/5 "2009-05-07T03:33:03Z")
Matt J. wrote: > Or, for the hardcore, LaTeX. Certainly not new, but still a standard > if you need serious page layout stuff. TeX is easier to write than PostScript/PDF, but PDF has the edge on complex layout. (Whether any of the Rails PDF plugins will take advantage of all those features is another question.) > –Matt J. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid