# Pdf reports generation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-reports-generation/109524>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 16, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-reports-generation/109524 "2007-07-16T12:03:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-reports-generation/109524/1 "2007-07-16T12:03:42Z")

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Hello,

I tried a lot for looking at various methods to generate PDF reports  
in ROR.

But, i didn’t understand anything.

Can,anyone please tell me which is the best method to do this.

Thanks,

regards,  
Avinash.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-reports-generation/109524/2 "2007-07-16T13:01:23Z")

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What I did :

Send XML to a Java servlet which returns a PDF file.

In the Java, i used the amazing,unbeatable and blisteringly fast iText  
library to create the PDF. This works great for me.

Another option would be to use the iText library with JRuby.

Thanks

Chris

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-reports-generation/109524/3 "2007-07-16T16:26:28Z")

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Check out acts\_as\_reportable, which is part of the Ruby Reports  
library. It’s an excellent little piece of code. 😉

–Jeremy

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> Thanks,
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> regards,  
> Avinash.
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> >

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