On Thu, 2 May 2013, Adrian Maier wrote:
Hello guys ,
I'm wondering which is the best library available for freepascal that i could
use to generate printable invoices?
Most likely a lot of people need this kind of functionality in their
applications, so ... perhaps there is some obvious choice that someone could
point to me immediately ;)
Some background information: i'm adapting an existing application for a new
customer. Previously,
the invoices were simple text files that were sent directly to a matrix printer
(using pre-printed
paper that contained the company logo, the labels, the lines/boxes).
But now i have to find a solution to draw the entire invoice on blank paper.
An important remark: the invoice generator has to be a console program, because
it will be part
of a bigger application that has a text-interface (running on linux).
So far i am aware of :
- lazreport. To me it's unclear whether this one can be used in a console
application.
No.
- powerpdf , a library for creating pdf files
- libharu, a c-library that can be used from pascal (mentioned on this list
in an older thread)
- fpgui has a component that would allow pdf creation
Probably there are several other libraries available.
Which one would you recommend to me (taking into account the API cleanliness)
?
powerpdf or the fpgui one.
Michael.
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