How to generate PDF report using servlets

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Hi,
I want to generate reports using JSP/Servlets. I can generate an HTML report, but this report is not good for printing as the formatting changes from browser to browser depending upon the settings of the browser(like font, size). I have heard that it is possible to generate PDF documents from the servlets/java classes dynamically.
I would be happy if some one could help me out.

Nitin Shivaram

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Harpreet,
there is this open source API, you might want to check it out.
Java-PDF API
Let me just warn you that the Javadocs are not descriptive enough.

Nitin S<br />Sun Certified Java Programmer for the Java 2 platform.<br />Tekmetrics Certified Java Programmer For the Java 2 Platform.

Kyle Brown

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You might want to look at the Apache FOP project.
Kyle

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If you want an alternative to HTML reports, then you could also try outputing to Word/Excel. This can be simply achieved by setting the response content type in your servlet ...

response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); // for Excel
or
response.setContentType("application/msword"); // for word documents.

Have a look here (this is where I got the idea)
http://pdf.coreservlets.com/
(Chapter 11)
good luck...