[FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

I am very curious about that approach, perhaps just 1 XSLT would have
to be made that is universal for all HTML5 w/CSS3 docs?

ggt

2011/2/17 Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>:
> ggt that's what I want to do then, have that output automatically put into a
> pdf...
> Steve
> On 16 Feb 2011, at 23:49, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
> Did any of you look into using HTML w/CSS media=print?
>
> ggt
>
> 2011/2/16 Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>:
>
> Hey Joel...
>
> I wasn't planing on taking to mPDF itself with the pruning saw, just all the
> other extraneous files, folders and lord knows what all else :-)
>
> That said, your suggestion of contacting the developer is a good one, since
> he may be more easily able to identify the 'core' files than me and may also
> be interested in a 'deployment' package rather than a 'development' one...
>
> I'll let you know how I get one...
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
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> On 16 Feb 2011, at 18:56, Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Steve
>
> When I was playing w/ mPDF (testing out rotated tables, as discussed some
> here in thread "printable very wide table?"), the only file I needed to
> reference was mpdf.php (plus my own css file).  mpdf.php is a hefty 1.1MB,
> but it's no 30MB.
>
> Before trying to trim the file down on your own, you might want to check in
> w/ the developer (through the forum on his website).  I asked him a couple
> questions and he was very responsive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Joel
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2011, at 11:27 PM, Steve Winter wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen
>
> Take valid XHTML document styled with CSS, push it through some process with
> as little work as humanly possible, end up with a PDF that looks pretty much
> identical... for this gig it's nothing too complex, and the recommendations
> both on and off list of mPDF are good, and I had settled on using that, till
> I downloaded it and found I ended up with with 242 files, totalling just
> under 30Mb... what on earth is that about...??
>
> I took a look at
> https://github.com/mreiferson/php-wkhtmltox/blob/master/README which looks
> really promising however I can't get it to compile, and it requires
> installations on the server, rather than being able to be deployed through
> source code upload.
>
> Based on what I've seen and read, I think cleaning out all the 'cruft' in
> mPDF to get it down to a sensible size is the way forward...
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
> On 16 Feb 2011, at 02:13, Stephen Grant wrote:
>
> There's a variety of methods for PDF generation available;
>
> Tell me a bit more about your requirements; we've probably got an existing
>
> library that can help.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Tim 'Webko' Booth" <tim at nicheit.com.au>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:50:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation
>
> Dear Steve,
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've used fpdf quite a bit in the past, and have need of pdf
>
> generation for a current project and IIRC someone on the list (maybe
>
> you Joel?) mentioned an alternative which they had worked with
>
> recently and found a little more user-friendly than fpdf...
>
> Anyone remember what it was...?
>
> I've checked my archive, and can't find anything else mentioned in the
>
> last few years...
>
> Cheers
>
> Webko
>
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