RE: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I wonder how difficult it would be to get wkhtmltopdf
> working on i in Pase?

Well, I stopped considering it when I read, under Features, "... the X11
client must be installed."  I am not administrator on the systems that I
use, so haven't had opportunity to work with this.  But I'm fairly certain X
client is lacking on the standard i installation.

Brings up an interesting question.  Has anyone on this list successfully
installed and exercised an X server on their System i?

Dennis Lovelady
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> 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
> > --
> > If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would
> be
> > 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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