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HTMLdoc
by ejbleendreeble - Apr 14th 2005 07:05:37
This is a fine application, to the best of my knowledge the only one that
converts HTML directly to PDF. It's a sophisticated application which
requires some close attention to use -- and that's only fair, given what
it does. I think Michael Sweet has done an outstanding job.
Pros: Quick. Clever design (using HTML comments for things like page
breaks). Versatile -- conversion can be controlled from the command-line
or from within the HTML document. It *is* available as a true GPL product
and as a commercial product -- I use the GPL version.
Cons: Table width is a tricky business, I think because PDF must be aware
of the available width of a table, while it doesn't matter in HTML. Can't
insert dynamic information into headers/footers yet (promised in 1.9, I
believe, and eagerly awaited by this developer). Odd behavior of certain
ancient tags, like _em_ and _strong_. However, these can be corrected by
the script into which HTMLdoc is embedded.
A final note: The need for the environment variable HTMLDOC_NOCGI=yes is
poorly documented. Without this, you won't be able to get HTMLdoc to work
in a shell script.
Conclusion: An outstanding product.
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PDF generator
by TheTVK - Dec 29th 2004 09:50:06
If you want to generate PDF documents on the fly, e.g. in web applications,
this is the way to go. Make your script generate an HTML page and render it
with HTMLDOC.
HTMLDOC works reasonably well and supports images, font colors, tables,
etc.
And yes, it _is_ free software. You have to look at www.htmldoc.org to
download the source, not at ESP's website.
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NOT GPL
by Gadi Oron - Nov 28th 2004 00:57:08
This is a commercial software despite the claims in this page.
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Re: NOT GPL
by jeff covey - Nov 28th 2004 06:01:59
> This is a commercial software despite
> the claims in this page.
No, it's available separately as a commercial product and a GPL one.
Sincerely,
Jeff
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htmldoc
by brianhood - Jun 1st 2004 20:13:29
Great program just wished it had font colors
and maybe font size
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Re: htmldoc
by Michael Sweet - Jun 1st 2004 20:48:11
> Great program just wished it had font
> colors
> and maybe font size
You mean like the FONT element, or stylesheets?
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