Posted by Dan Rossi on 05/05/05 01:28

On 05/05/2005, at 7:14 AM, Kristen G. Thorson wrote:

> Dan Rossi wrote:
>
>>
>> On 05/05/2005, at 5:57 AM, Kristen G. Thorson wrote:
>>
>>> especially since this wasn't to be our final approach. I'd be
>>> interested if you find out more information on the subject.
>>
>>
>> What did you decide on ?
>
>
> LOL. That part got beyond me. I don't understand how all the PDF
> forms stuff works, and I wasn't a part of the implementation of it.
> Something like XML + FDF = PDF. We decided against using the XSL:FO
> because we needed to create a form, but this form had an exact layout
> that we would need to emulate, and the other way was the path of least
> resistance.
>
> kgt
>
>

a form in a pdf ? Eek ok FDF , do you mean FPDF ? Frankly i find XSL:FO
easier to code than native FPDF :) Anyway I have started on the FOP
examples on the apache site and cooking up a java app that can spit out
the byteArray to the screen as standard out :) It'll do similar to how
the servlet does it and how php does readfile, dont know of any memory
issues as I am totally java green :)

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