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hi i need to create pdf lots of then in short times , its going to be invoice kind of pdf's
what is the best pdf creation engine today ( that is freeware/open source none GPL)
i know fop,itext,libhuro what else ?
basically i will have xml's coming in i will need to attache to the xml rull's of formatting
and send it to the engine . ( something like xsl-fo , maybe i will use it if its fast)

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I will recommend you to use iReport (Jasper Report) which is open source.

Rupeshit
is it stand alone pdf engine of it is based on something else?
Yes there is one editor using which you can design your pdf which generates jrxml file and using hasmap you can assign dynamically values to parameters and fields.You will get its tutorials on google.
Rupeshit
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Reportipedia.com is a good site that compares a number of different reporting softwares (open source and commercial).

It also has some good info on reporting in general

THIel191