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RE: [birt-report-engine-dev] PDF generating
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Actuate as of now does not use iText for PDF generation. One reason we
used FOP is that it is CSS-based, though it falls short in some areas in
term of functionalities. BIRT is an open-framework, so it should not be
too hard to write a PDF emitter based on iText. In fact, it would
benefit some users significantly.
Stanley Wang
BIRT Engine
-----Original Message-----
From: birt-report-engine-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:birt-report-engine-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bruno
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:32 AM
To: birt-report-engine-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birt-report-engine-dev] PDF generating
Hello,
I am in the process of writing a book on my F/OS Software product iText,
a JAVA-PDF library. My publisher (Manning) asks me for contact persons
that know the Java/PDF/Reporting business in order to map the potential
market for such a book.
During my search, I discovered that Actuate uses iText to generate PDF.
However, BIRT seems to use Apache FOP. Can anyone tell me what Actuate
product uses iText and why FOP was chosen for PDF generation in the BIRT
project? Maybe both iText and FOP could be integrated into the project,
so that people can take advantage of the strengths of both libraries?
br,
Bruno
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