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Hi,

I have just added PDF generation capability to the print module (currently only for the D6 version...). It is currently able to use dompdf and TCPDF for generating a PDF view of the current page. The PDF support is still very alpha at the moment, but it's workable enough that I would like to bring your attention to it.

The objective is to be able to produce both simplified HTML and PDF versions of any page in Drupal. It also acts as a fully capable replacement of the pdfview module.

João Ventura
www.venturas.org

Greetings,

I wonder why did you decide to use tcpdf library as a basis for pdfview module? Are there any other alternatives in PHP better than this lib?

Honestly speaking, I was not satisfied neither by its abilities nor by its architecture. Everything in one class is a bad approach which doesn't allow to flexibly extend it.

There are a "LOT" of contrib modules out there. Even more so, there are a great deal of good modules that have been neglected. Lets be honest, a developers time is precious, and we all get spread thin and a bit scattered sometimes, and we leave our children (modules) to the way side for other things (like "bill-paying" modules/development so we can eat from time to time :) ).

I am sorry for the poor quality of the screen cast. I've never done one, and I used "wink" to do it. I'll probabley update the "how to" later down the road.

So, I made a screen-cast of my quickbooks module. It's very pre-alpha, and the screen-cast is not the best. But I did it quickly. I've been getting a few inquiries, and I figured this would be the easiest way to explain it. I'll be releasing it to the cvs by the end of this week so hopefully I can some collaboration on it.

Link to video: http://earnestberry.com/node/7/play

Currently what it does:
- Brings in customers

Let's plan an informal roadmap for Pdfview.

What do you need from a Drupal PDF module? Do you need it to format a web page just to send it to the printer, or do you need it to generate a document like an invoice, a book, or catalogue?

How much theming and customization flexibility do you need?