PDF generation

steve64

Any suggested way to generate PDF files from a LuaRT applications?

Samir

I have plans for a pdf generator module for LuaRT, but not enough time for now 😕

steve64

ok, thanks, in the meanwhile I'm trying to interface my apps with some open source PDF stuff...

MikeT

steve64
I’m also very interested in generating PDF, what are you using?

Samir

Don't hesitate to share your findings 😉

steve64

In this context I'm currently playing with "wkhtmltopdf.exe", a translator from HTML to PDF.

steve64

I just discovered a very promising approach, let's take a look at:
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This could be nice for LuaRT since it is already shipping an embeddable/programmable WebView object.
In principle, it should be possible to use the LuaRT webview to "save" HTML as PDF by exposing some additional methods.

Samir

LuaRT 1.9.5 provides Webview.printPDF() method to create PDF files from the current web page in Webview

steve64

Great! I will test it asap...