Recommendations for pdf generators

Rails
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hi, everyone,

i have googled around for some pdf generators. Found

  1. PDF::Writer which is a little dated
  2. Rupdf (http://scoop.simplyexcited.co.uk//2007/12/15/rupdf-simple-
    ruby-pdf-rails-plugin/ and http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/rupdf)
  • it’s a little dated. Last revision was on 15th of Dec, 2007.

Any recommendations for pdf generators?

thank you

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On 16 March 2010 12:56, ct9a [email protected] wrote:

Any recommendations for pdf generators?

Prawn
http://wiki.github.com/sandal/prawn/

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…and see Ryan B.’ Railscast on prawn:

Grar

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On 16 Mar 2010, at 14:01, Michael P. wrote:

Any recommendations for pdf generators?

Prawn
http://wiki.github.com/sandal/prawn/

If you can afford it, PrinceXML is awesome. Also see:
http://sublog.subimage.com/2007/05/29/html-css-to-pdf-using-ruby-on-rails
or GitHub - mbleigh/princely: A simple Rails wrapper for the PrinceXML PDF generation library.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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Looks good as i had a quick glance at the sites. Hmm PrinceXML .
We’ll read.

keep 'em recommendations flowing in, guys and gals :slight_smile:

If you can afford it, PrinceXML is awesome. Also see:

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i did before i posted. thanks

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On 16 mar, 07:56, ct9a [email protected] wrote:

hi, everyone,

i have googled around for some pdf generators. Found

  1. PDF::Writer which is a little dated
  2. Rupdf (http://scoop.simplyexcited.co.uk//2007/12/15/rupdf-simple-
    ruby-pdf-rails-plugin/ andhttp://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/rupdf)
  • it’s a little dated. Last revision was on 15th of Dec, 2007.

Any recommendations for pdf generators?

wkhtmltopdf: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/
Rails plugin: GitHub - mileszs/wicked_pdf: PDF generator (from HTML) plugin for Ruby on Rails

you can generate PDF from HTML templates with CSS styling

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On 17 Mar 2010, at 15:47, Florent2 wrote:

you can generate PDF from HTML templates with CSS styling

Indeed a very promising project, but way behind on PrinceXML, so it
depends on your budget and requirements in the end which one you
choose. Also wkhtmltopdf is very memory hungry as far as I remember.
That said, it’s a pretty active project, so it’s definitely something
to keep an eye on.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt