Create pdf using flex

Question

I am trying to create PDF file using flex.

There are some problem which i am facing..

when i have less text to display it's working fine. but when there are lots of text which have to display it's overlap.

is there any PDF component which is expand according to the display text.

Thanks in advance

Do you want to create a PDF? Or display one? Can you share any code? — JeffryHouser, Sep 21 '11 at 10:57
How is your PDF created? Which library do you use? Is it created server-side? — Kodiak, Sep 21 '11 at 12:10
i am using AlivePDF.swc for desktop application. i did not use any server side technology. — Nidhi, Sep 22 '11 at 05:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 20 '12 at 23:02

Enjoy creating .pdf file using this code

import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;  
import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;   
import org.alivepdf.fonts.*;   
import org.alivepdf.pages.Page;   
import org.alivepdf.display.Display;   
import org.alivepdf.layout.*; 

private var pdf:PDF;  
private var file:File; 
[Embed( source="bg.jpg", mimeType="application/octet-stream" )]  
private var pngBytes:Class; 

public function generate ():void  
{ 
    var pdf:PDF = new PDF( Orientation.PORTRAIT, Unit.MM, Size.A4 ); 
    pdf.setDisplayMode( Display.FULL_PAGE, Layout.SINGLE_PAGE );
    var newPage:Page = new Page ( Orientation.PORTRAIT, Unit.MM, Size.A4 );
    pdf.addPage( newPage );
    pdf.setFont(FontFamily.ARIAL , Style.NORMAL, 12);
    pdf.addText("This is a sample text",5,15);
    pdf.drawCircle(25,35,15);
    pdf.addPage();
    pdf.addImageStream( new pngBytes() as ByteArray );
    var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();  
    file = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("testPage.pdf");   
    fs.open( file, FileMode.WRITE);   
    var bytes:ByteArray = pdf.save(Method.LOCAL);   
    fs.writeBytes(bytes);   
    fs.close();
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 07:20

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We can use "AlivePDF" to generate PDF from Flex.

AlivePDF is a client side AS3 PDF generation library for Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR. It is a Open source library.

Library File and Documentation

http://code.google.com/p/alivepdf/
http://code.google.com/p/alivepdf/downloads/list

Reference

http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/

answered Sep 23 '11 at 07:20

Ganesh Gandhi K

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I am using same process..but whenever my text content is more than a page. i am not able to add page exactly when one page text is finish and add another page. – Nidhi Sep 26 '11 at 07:02
You can try this code : var myPDF:PDF = new PDF( Orientation.LANDSCAPE, Unit.MM, Size.A4); myPDF.setDisplayMode ( Display.DEFAULT); myPDF.addPage(); myPDF.setMargins(10,10,10,10); – Ganesh Gandhi K Oct 11 '11 at 17:55

Create pdf using flex

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Library File and Documentation

Reference