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Topic: Re: A servlet generating PDF on the fly (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Developers, Msg: 31937
From: LeonardR
Date: 12/21/2001 02:47 PM

At 02:37 AM 12/21/2001 +1100, p-pdf-developer Listmanager wrote:
> I'm making a little study on existing products and sources able to
> generate PDF file "on the fly" on a web server. Data sources will be JDBC
> or else.

First thing you should do is better evaluate your specific needs -
in terms of the PDF content, so that you can properly determine whether a
given product really meets your needs. Once you know that, THEN you can
begin to look at each product for what it does (and does not) offer you!

For example, do you simply need to "fill in fields"? Or do you
have the need to produce a complete report from the scratch? If the
latter, how complex is the report? Text only? A few graphics? Do you
need tables?

Do you already have a "report generator" to some other
format? HTML? XML? Word? Would a converter from one format to another be
a better solution?

Also, will these be screen only or also printable reports? Do you
have any need for prepress features such as crop, bleed or spot colors?

What about security and/or DRM needs?


Leonard