Re: RPGCGI - Convert HTML page to PDF

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I will look into that.  As long as it can run in headless mode then it
should work.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Shannon ODonnell <
sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here's a method I came up with about 7 or 8 years ago to convert HTML pages
> into JPEGs.  Seems like it'd be a trivial step from that point to convert
> the JPEG into a PDF using iText.
>
> I have not tried this technique in probably 6 years or more and the I.E.
> browser has changed quite a bit since then...however, it SHOULD still work
> with maybe some minor modifications.  It worked well then and I used it in
> a
> production setting (slightly modified version) for awhile until that
> particular project got derailed (for non-related reasons).
>
> In this example, I had the java code running on the PC...but it doesn't
> have
> to be.  It's java.  It can be ported to your IFS and ran from there just as
> easily (I think).  There wasn't anything special or unique in any of the
> java code that I can remember that would not run from the iSeries.
>
> Anyway,  give it a shot.   You'll have to put a little sweat equity into it
> but heck, if you wanted a packaged solution that did everything you wanted
> straight out of the box, it wouldn't be free.  :-)
>
> How to Convert HTML into a JPEG
>
> http://www.itjungle.com/mpo/mpo062002-story01.html