andrewaiello
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Converting html data to a PDF in coldfusion 6.1
Hello All,
I am trying to use cfsavecontent to save information in page as a pdf document. I know you can do this in CF 7 and later; tje server my company uses is coldfusion 6,1,0,83762 and cfsavecontent is giving me issues. Is there anything I can do? Thanks.
I am trying to use cfsavecontent to save information in page as a pdf document. I know you can do this in CF 7 and later; tje server my company uses is coldfusion 6,1,0,83762 and cfsavecontent is giving me issues. Is there anything I can do? Thanks.
"Why is this neglected?" because I was away for the weekend ;)
You can try this tag. It claims to work... and it's free
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1001858
the other -standard- pre 7 pdf generator was/is cfx_pdf
http://www.cftagstore.com/tags/cfxpdf.cfm
however it's $200 bucks
another (probably best ...and free) method would be to use iText java with createObject
http://cephas.net/blog/2004/03/14/using-itext-pdf-coldfusion/
You can try this tag. It claims to work... and it's free
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1001858
the other -standard- pre 7 pdf generator was/is cfx_pdf
http://www.cftagstore.com/tags/cfxpdf.cfm
however it's $200 bucks
another (probably best ...and free) method would be to use iText java with createObject
http://cephas.net/blog/2004/03/14/using-itext-pdf-coldfusion/
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Thanks Sid... and I wasn't saying you were neglecting me lol, it came up as a "neglected question" for some reason on EE.
hee... anything older than 2 or 3 days (i think) gets sent that automagically...
your q also gets a nifty icon that shows us anyone with an ee masters cert in the zone that the q is getting old without a response.
your q also gets a nifty icon that shows us anyone with an ee masters cert in the zone that the q is getting old without a response.
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I see, strange thing was it came up as neglected the instant i posted it...maybe cause it was similar to an earlier question?
see.... -now- it's a neglected question ;P
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Lol, i haven't got around to testing it yet (other work interrupted ). I'll get there...eventually ;)
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Okay, I was having trouble so I just shifted the project over to a coldfusion 8 server. It's working now but I noticed that text size and color doesn't get accurately ported to the pdf (for instance text that is huge and white would become normal black text on the pdf); any idea why? Thanks.
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Figured it was a style sheet thing. Thanks Sid, as usual worked like a charm.
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