Running a url from servlet and converting resultant html into pdf

Your questiion is not clear

1. To access a URL from Servlet, use java.net.URL API to access the URL and its response.

2. Converting the content into PDF,

I am not sure what part of the HTML response content are you trying to convert to PDF.

Try iText PDF libraries... May be they have an option...

Thanks and regards,

Pazhanikanthan. P

pazhanikanthana at 2007-7-13 22:56:52 >

Hello DesarrolloScreenName,

I believe what you are trying to provide is a Report in PDF format. The Report is presented in the HTML as Tabular format with Prev Next navigations and then you need to provide a link upon clicking will download a PDF with similar report in a PDF with all the records. If my understanding is correct, you would probably need to do the following:

1. Create a new Servlet or reuse the same servlet with a different user action.

2. Write logic to retrieve all the records.

3. Use iText PDF Libraries to create a PDF document in runtime. Add a Table to the document and then add the records in the desired report format.

4. Close the document and convert it to byte content [byte array].

5. Open the reponse stream in the servlet and then flush the byte array content. This will result in painting the PDF in the browser.

Hope these steps help you...

Thanks and regards,

Pazhanikanthan. P

pazhanikanthana at 2007-7-13 22:56:52 >