Big Faceless Report Generator

Big Faceless Report Generator Description

The Big Faceless Report Generator is the leading Java component for converting XML to PDF documents. Using JSP, ASP or similar technology, you can now create dynamic PDF reports as quickly and easily as HTML.Built on our popular Java PDF library, the Report Writer adds substantial functionality:HTML-style Tables - auto-sized nested tables with full control over padding, margins and borders Use cascading CSS2 stylesheets to control look and feel Create inline graphs and charts with XML, direct from the database Includes a servlet and a servlet filter for simple generation of PDF's from XML or JSP pages. Auto pagination of content with page headers and footers Familiar HTML syntax - , , , , and so on - simpler and faster than FOP All the features of our PDF library - Unicode support, Encryption, TrueType fonts, Barcodes and more.BFO's Java Reporting tool provides some of the most comprehensive and advanced XML to PDF conversion on the market. As our XML is based on XHTML and uses CSS the learning curve is drastically reduced - report designers don't have to learn an entirely new grammar, so are up and running quicker. The "two-stage" system of first generating the XML and then converting it to PDF means you can generate XML with any tool, although JSPs are the natural choice. This means you have access to the full range of Tag Libraries designed for JSP. Database connectivity is all taken care of before the XML conversion begins, so you can use whatever method you prefer to get your information from the backend into XML. The whole process is remarkably simple. Requirements:JDK 1.4 or higherAn implementation of SAX - theoretically any should work. We recommend Xerces, which is supplied with Java 1.4 and later builds.For servlet use, a Servlet 2.2 or newer engine is required, although we recommend one supporting at least the Servlet 2.3 specification.Adobe Acrobat 4.x or higher (for viewing the reports) Limitations:Adds DEMO on every page of the report. What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]Fixed some subtle regressions to text with "requote" set, new in 1.1.53.Fixed use of padding on inline attributes inside auto-sized blocksFixed exception that was being thrown when version 2 Graphics were embedded in XML and the XML InputSource did not have a System ID or base URL specified.Added "PDFA2b" and "PDFA3b" as values for "output-profile Meta tag,Added "lab(l, a, b)" as a way of specifying a color in the CIELab ColorSpaceBuilt with PDF library 2.15.1, Graph Library 1.1.6 �.You can free download Big Faceless Report Generator from Softpedia now.