[LRUG] PDF generation from HTML with complex JS

[Stephen Bartholomew]

Prince kinda sucks on the first tests.

PhantomJS looks interesting - I'll give it a try and see what I can do with
it.

S

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Jon Leighton <j at jonathanleighton.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> >                 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
> >
> >
> >                 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,
> >
> >
> >                 Steve
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