pdf generation

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi

      Can anybody tell which is the best pdf generator in rails.There are many like

    * HTMLDOC     * PdfWriter     * PDF::Writer (Austin Ziegler)     * Ruby FPDF     * JasperReports     * PDF Form Fill     * PDFlib and PDFlib-Lite     * Rfpdf

I have tried

It is fantastic and I think the best of my knowledge.But not free software.Can anybody suggest an equivalent opensource

Sijo

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There is no equivalent open source software to prince. However they do offer a free license if it’s just for your server I believe.

I did a big writeup on using prince with rails here:

http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/2007/05/29/html-css-to-pdf-using-ruby-on-rails

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Err my bad - personal license for use on your own computer. So you can download/use it just for your own use.