Dynamic PDF Generation

[SandyG]

Has anyone dynamically created PDF files using SQL Server data with ASP? We've looked into this and found lots of 3rd party products -- some free some expensive. I'm looking for feedback from anyone who has done this. We also want to insert images -- company logo, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Khalid Ali]

I have no idea how ASP handles XML,

But I have created pdf files using

data from oracle - converted to XML - applied XSL-FO using FOP(Formatting Object Processor)

you can read more about FOP at

http://xml.apache.org/fop/index.html

its not exactly what you asked for,however,it will guide you to right resources,I hope

[SandyG]

Thanks for the info. It looks promising. Was it hard to get up and running with FOP? Any licensing issues for a web server? Any gotchas?

[Charles]

FO, being a part of the Apache project, is free and open source as should all software be. The hard part is getting started with Formatting Objects, if you already know XSLT. I ues the FO tutorial at http://www.renderx.com/Tests/doc/html/tutorial.html.

[SandyG]

Thanks very much for the info.