Hi guys,
I am working on a project, one feature is to generate PDF format of invoices in Java. There seems to be many solutions, but I don't know which one is the best for invoices.
Please advise,
Thanks.
For open source, this is my hands down favorite.
Dean J
2010-08-11 16:42:53
Are there any templates on the web?
leon
2010-08-11 16:54:20
They've kind of made it to where the book "iText in Action" is really the place to go, but there are some good example sites out there:http://www.roseindia.net/java/itext/index.shtmlhttp://www.vogella.de/articles/JavaPDF/article.html,http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/iText/,http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-itext/getting-started.html,http://www.geek-tutorials.com/java/itext/itext_index.phpThey also do have their JavaDoc out there:http://api.itextpdf.com/index.html?overview-summary.html
Dante617
2010-08-11 17:28:11
+1
A:
As Dante617 already mentioned, iText is a good option to generate PDF with Java. But you have to be very careful while creating your PDFs since you do most of the filling and layout by hand.
I suppose your data for an invoice comes from a database or other datasource, so reporting tools/engines would also be a viable possibility.
There are two big, open source reporting engines:
- JasperReports: Provides many possibilities and a graphical editor to create your templates, called iReport
- BIRT: Also many features and provides especially good integration into an Eclipse based environment.
Johannes Wachter
2010-08-11 17:07:25
A:
If you want to write less code and do more in templates, you might want to look at JODReports and Docmosis.
jowierun
2010-08-16 07:57:11