Comments on: Convert HTML to PDF http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/ The News about the Easiest and Fastest Timesheet Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: pdf by fogus - Pearltrees http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/#comment-315 pdf by fogus - Pearltrees Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:03:51 +0000 http://beebole.com/en/blog/?p=1067#comment-315 [...] As a background task for our web application BeeBole , I was looking for an easy and efficient way to produce PDF documents without being stuck with postscript like syntax or being feature limited in a design point of view. Last week I discovered the tool I was looking for : WKHTMLTOPDF By leveraging the power of the webkit engine through QtWebKit module , this thing is converting HTML with full CSS support to PDF the same way you “Save as PDF” from your browser In this article, I’ll show you the very first prototype I did of a possible WKHTMLTOPDF integration with our application. Let’s start by installing this nifty tool the easy way (tested on Ubuntu Hardy and Jaunty 64 bit): Convert HTML to PDF with Full CSS Support, an OpenSource Alterna [...] [...] As a background task for our web application BeeBole , I was looking for an easy and efficient way to produce PDF documents without being stuck with postscript like syntax or being feature limited in a design point of view. Last week I discovered the tool I was looking for : WKHTMLTOPDF By leveraging the power of the webkit engine through QtWebKit module , this thing is converting HTML with full CSS support to PDF the same way you “Save as PDF” from your browser In this article, I’ll show you the very first prototype I did of a possible WKHTMLTOPDF integration with our application. Let’s start by installing this nifty tool the easy way (tested on Ubuntu Hardy and Jaunty 64 bit): Convert HTML to PDF with Full CSS Support, an OpenSource Alterna [...]

]]> By: Html+Css to Pdf by mebae - Pearltrees http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/#comment-290 Html+Css to Pdf by mebae - Pearltrees Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:53:31 +0000 http://beebole.com/en/blog/?p=1067#comment-290 [...] By leveraging the power of the webkit engine through QtWebKit module , this thing is converting HTML with full CSS support to PDF the same way you “Save as PDF” from your browser Convert HTML to PDF - BeeBole [...] [...] By leveraging the power of the webkit engine through QtWebKit module , this thing is converting HTML with full CSS support to PDF the same way you “Save as PDF” from your browser Convert HTML to PDF – BeeBole [...]

]]> By: SImon http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/#comment-270 SImon Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:15:23 +0000 http://beebole.com/en/blog/?p=1067#comment-270 It's really an interesting tool, but I can't get it to output my PDFs properly. The kerning is totally screwed up. There is also a bug ticket over there (http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/issues/detail?id=72), but the author is unfortunately not really eager on fixing this. And nobody knows what the problem is. It’s really an interesting tool, but I can’t get it to output my PDFs properly. The kerning is totally screwed up. There is also a bug ticket over there (http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/issues/detail?id=72), but the author is unfortunately not really eager on fixing this. And nobody knows what the problem is.

]]> By: Hughes http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/#comment-269 Hughes Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:23:16 +0000 http://beebole.com/en/blog/?p=1067#comment-269 @leo I encountered a similar problem on my 64 bit box and had to install the 32 bit libraries : sudo aptitude install ia32-libs If the static version doesn't work, you can try to compile it http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/wiki/compilation Hope it helps @leo

I encountered a similar problem on my 64 bit box and had to install the 32 bit libraries :

sudo aptitude install ia32-libs

If the static version doesn’t work, you can try to compile it

http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/wiki/compilation

Hope it helps

]]> By: leo http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/#comment-263 leo Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:51:24 +0000 http://beebole.com/en/blog/?p=1067#comment-263 I ran it and so far so good, except one thing. the pdf output doesnt display letters or words, only boxes. My server doesnt have x windows installed either. Is X windows required in order to supply the fonts? Thanks I ran it and so far so good, except one thing.
the pdf output doesnt display letters or words, only boxes.
My server doesnt have x windows installed either.
Is X windows required in order to supply the fonts?
Thanks

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]]> By: daniel http://beebole.com/blog/erlang/convert-html-to-pdf-with-full-css-support-an-opensource-alternative-based-on-webkit/#comment-268 daniel Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:37:11 +0000 http://beebole.com/en/blog/?p=1067#comment-268 Thanks! Been searching for this for months!! Works perfectly out of box on linux machine. Thanks! Been searching for this for months!!
Works perfectly out of box on linux machine.

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