[LRUG] PDF generation from HTML with complex JS

[Jon Leighton]

PhantomJS also does PDF output. No idea how good it is, but it's open
source at least.

On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 16:43 +0000, Stephen Bartholomew wrote:
> I did mention this in my post - but I shyed away due to needing to
> purchase before testing - however your reply made me look again and
> they do have a non-commercial version for download now.  This will at
> least allow me to test before getting a commercial license. 
> 
> 
> I'll give that a go and let you know how I get on :)
> 
> 
> S
> 
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Ford <matt at bitzesty.com>
> wrote:
>         Have you tried PrinceXML? The new version has some JS
>         support. 
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>         On 2 November 2011 16:08, Stephen Bartholomew
>         <steve at curve21.com> wrote:
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>                 
>                 Hey all,
>                 
>                 
>                 On the subject of PDF generation, has anyone had
>                 success converting JS-heavy pages to PDF?
>                 
>                 
>                 The page in question is an Open Layers based map with
>                 vector layers.  There's an example of the map
>                 here: http://communities4renewables.co.uk/open/maps/5cdbb6b2-33ed-4e7f-ad59-a24327006711
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>                 I've tried using wkhtmltopdf which somewhat works but
>                 renders different layers inconsistantly depending on
>                 the configuration.  I've tried timeouts and all the
>                 advice I can find online.  I know there are paid
>                 solutions like prince etc but I'm reluctant to invest
>                 in that without an idea of the success.
>                 
>                 
>                 Any help/experience would appreciated!
>                 
>                 
>                 Cheers,
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>                 Steve
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