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I was searching for a lowcost/opensource option for combining static html files [as templates] and dynamic output from perl or php routines etc. And the sooner or later I found out that this was the most stable, 'speedest' and customizeable way to produce usable pdf 's with nice formatting : 1] create html page output [perl-> html output, direct html output from any app or php echo's etc. [sort these html files locally] 2] parse all html [inluding webimages links, tables font formatting etc] to [E]PS files with the perl app : html2ps [as mentioned beneath] http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html [sort all ps files by future pdf page positions] 3] use the free ps2pdf/ps2pdfwr linux application http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/index.htm [uses gostscript, ghostview libs and so on etc] Has great formatting options like headers, footers, numbering etc [sort pdf files] 4] convert all pdf files to 1 pdf file with : pdftk [pdftoolkit], deliveres optional compressions/encryption, background stamps etc One should ask why using different scripts : - combination perl/php is great : perl is speedier at some issues like conversion to ps files in my experience - ps to pdf is quickier then direct php to pdf [in my exp.!] - I have total control over every files whenever i change html files as a template I use only editors or other app. for it [online or offline]. p.s. I had to make a opensource solution for creating simpel report analyses that's based on things like : - first page [name / title / #/ date] - some static info [like introduction, copyrights etc] - some dynamic info [outputted from php->dbase queries] combined with html tags/images etc. And this all mixed [so seperated in files for transparancy]. Also the 3 way manner : data-> html, html->ps, ps->pdf, is easier and quickier to program or adjust in every step. Correct me if i'm wrong [mail me to] ing. Valentijn Langendorff Design & Technologist ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58420 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58420&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58420&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php