Re: Using pd4ml to transform HTML to PDF

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have to imagine there is a C equivalent of the Java stuff, and that would
most likely run a lot faster.

I would be curious to know how well this runs on a newer IBM Java compiler.
They have made statements of significant CPU cycle usage improvements.  What
version of the OS are you running?

Aaron Bartell
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Aaron,
>
> I found the problem.  Local files must be reference by the 'file:'
> protocol, instead of the 'http:' protocol.  So, in order to transform a
> local HTML file, you'd need a reference such as
> 'file:/my_directory/my_file.html'. That seems to work.
>
> There were no errors generated.  And I don't see a parameter to specify
> additional logging.  The command-line utility is documented at the
> following:
>
> http://www.pd4ml.com/html-to-pdf-command-line-tool.htm
>
> Although I found a solution to my immediate problem, I'd still be
> interested in hearing opinions or observations about generating PDF reports.
>  On my part, this has been quite a lesson on running Java under IBM i.  One
> of my problems early on was a result of running into some erroneous
> documentation at IBM Information Center 5.4 about selecting a Java version
> to run under.  The document specified a process for selecting the 32 bit
> JVM, which I don't have installed, evidently.  I'm testing under "Classic".
>  And my server evidently hosts versions 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5.
>
> -Nathan.