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PDF Writers?

Posted by Cliff on from the reports-are-a-PHBs-best-friend dept.

Saqib Ali asks: "I am looking for for some OpenSource PDF Writers/Creator. I found one, here. It can basically create PDFs out of common software Like OfficeSuite, Visio, Project or any other Windows Application that uses the Windows Printers. I know OpenOffice can also export to PDF. I am working on a project (fat client) where I need to dynamically create PDF reports from data stored in MySQL DB. I know I can use PHP to create PDFs, and also Apache's Cocoon (you can find an example document, here). Of course, I would like to investigate other OpenSource PDF writers as well. Do you know of any other PDF writers, that I can utilize or learn from by looking at the source-code?"

3 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. CUPS by benjamindees · · Score: 4, Informative

    CUPS has an option for a virtual PDF printer in Linux, called CUPS-PDF.
    I think it's included in RedHat 9.

    --
    "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"
  2. fpdf.org by Bonewalker · · Score: 4, Informative
    I have found this site useful. The entire class is in one php file. Just move it to your web server, then use some of the tutorials to get the hang of creating pdf's on the fly.

    http://www.fpdf.org

  3. PDF Converters by RedPhoenix · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some of these might be useful:

    Txt2pdf - http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html
    html2pdf - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/5247/
    HTMLDoc - http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/pdf-o-matic.php
    Den ature - http://freshmeat.net/projects/denature/
    csv2pdf - http://freshmeat.net/projects/csv2pdf/
    ascii2pdf - http://freshmeat.net/projects/ascii2pdf/

    And a google directory reference: http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software /Word_Processors/PDF/Converters/

    Good luck!

    Red.