topic Re: Automatic PDF generation in Alfresco Archive

Automatic PDF generation

knixon — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:16:48 GMT

We're looking to auto generate PDF documents populated from Activiti forms via a PDF template.Are there any tools available to assist with this task?

Re: Automatic PDF generation

ronald_van_kuij — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:31:17 GMT

Itext

Re: Automatic PDF generation

knixon — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:32:58 GMT

Hi Ronald,

can you be more specific… perhaps a url?

Thanks

Karl

Re: Automatic PDF generation

ronald_van_kuij — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:29:58 GMT

I hope you are not serious and only kidding with me… You post a question in a forum that has nothing to do with difficult issues in activiti, since reading processvariables is obviously a no brainer for you (you do not ask about that). Then I gave you a term and you have no clue how to use that?

Re: Automatic PDF generation

knixon — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:06:09 GMT

Hi Ronald,

Let me explain - I am not a software developer - so if my question is too simple, stupid or in the wrong forum then I apologise.

I have absolutely no idea what you mean by "Itext" - so while your response may have been well intentioned it means nothing to me - sorry.

However I have a business requirement to generate PDF documents based on user input - for example autogeneration of employee contracts from a PDF template.

As an Alfresco user we thought it would be neat to automate the process using the Activiti engine.

I've scoured the web for ideas to simplify the process and perhaps integrate third party tools but thought the brains trust here might have some ideas to give us a quick start.

Once again - apologies if this is not the right forum.

Regards

Karl

Re: Automatic PDF generation

ronald_van_kuij — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:46:32 GMT

Karl,

I do not mind that you are not a developer, but I do mind that it seems that you do not know the existence of Yahoo, Google, Altavista or even Bing. Even your initial question without activiti in it, but including e.g. java would have resulted inn lots of info on the topic.

And if you get a response by someone, containing one thing it is fairly easy to post that in one of the searchengines and get splendid results.

We have a reference to 'how to ask smart questions' in the community page that describes all kinds of things to take into account. E.g. http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before

hth,

Ronald

Re: Automatic PDF generation

knixon — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:39:35 GMT

Hi Ronald,

Thank you for the education.

For those that have an interest in the topic the link is;

http://www.itextpdf.com/

Looks exactly like what we are looking for - thanks Ronald.

Regards

Karl