I'm sure most of you have been in a situation where either your employer or
customer doesn't like the way content from a Web browser looks when printed.
There are many ways to provide printable content, but one of the most popular
formats of printable material is PDF format. There are many solutions to
creating PDF documents from your ColdFusion application, but they all cost
money right?
Some PDF solutions are not cheap at all and maybe cost isn't the only issue.
Maybe you want to do it yourself without using a CFX tag. What if I told you
there was a way to create PDFs from CF ... (more)
Here's how to put your knowledge of HTML to work by creating free PDFs with
FOP (Formatting Objects Processor).
In the May issue of CFDJ, I covered the basics of utilizing FOP from Apache
to dynamically create free PDFs in your ColdFusion application. If you
enjoyed that article you will certainly enjoy this one as we dive deeper into
the capabilities of this process. After reading both a... (more)