[UPHPU] dynamic PDF creation?

Mike Smullin mike_smullin at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 8 20:48:47 MDT 2006


My experience comes from utilizing:

FPDF
http://www.fpdf.org/

FPDI
http://fpdi.setasign.de/

With these it would take me 1-2 days depending on the
complexity of the PDF. To save time, I create PDF
template first and use FPDF to fill in blanks.

-Mike Smullin
http://www.mikesmullin.com/


--- Wade Preston Shearer <lists at wadeshearer.com>
wrote:

> For those with experience setting up mini apps that
> dynamically  
> generate PDFs (Ryan?), how long does it take? For
> example, if I want  
> a web form for creating a facsimile cover sheet. I
> want the user to  
> be able to enter in information into the fields (to,
> from, fax  
> number, memo, page count, etc), submit it, and the
> have the server  
> generate a PDF laid out a certain way in a certain
> font. We've had  
> presentations on this before and it's not overly
> complex I know. My  
> question is this though
 I need to be to be educated
> in regards to  
> development time when I discuss this with my
> engineering department.  
> How long should something simple like this take to
create?> 
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