Re: HTML to PDF Generator

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dennis...I wonder how difficult it would be to get wkhtmltopdf
working on i in Pase? I also checked out htmldoc and that looks like it
might be a little easier to get working. I'll report back on Aaron's product
shortly.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Dennis Lovelady <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I'm curious, Aaron, since you did not mention either in the article nor in
> the accompanying installation .zip what the capabilities are: Will this
> tool
> handle images and the like, or does Michael need another solution for that?
> Thanks for sharing, but where would I find capabilities, limitations,
> caveats, et cetera for the tool?
>
> Michael, a web search turned up wkhtmltopdf
> (http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf), but the setup for that on i may be
> daunting.  Looks interesting, though, and if I had the rights I would
> certainly like to give it a go!
>
> Dennis Lovelady
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> --
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> stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the
> fog.
>
>
> > You can check out my free/opensource HTML2PDF4i tool.  I developed it
> > earlier this year and wrote an article about it.
> >
> > http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/webexclusive/32493p1.aspx
> >
> > HTH,
> > Aaron Bartell
> > http://mowyourlawn.com
> > http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Here's my situation. I will be receiving a document in HTML format
> > enclosed
> > > within an XML element. I need to take that HTML file and insert an
> > <img>
> > > tag. I then need to convert the HTML file to Postscript and/or PDF
> > for
> > > printing and storage. I'd like an open source solution (for the
> > PS/PDF
> > > generation) that runs under QShell/Pase. Any ideas? Thanks!
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