Leading Java component for converting XML to PDF documents.
Editor: The Big Faceless Java Report Generator is the leading Java component for converting XML to PDF documents. Using JSP, ASP or similar technology, you can now Create dynamic PDF reports as quickly and easily as HTML.
Built on our popular Java PDF library, the Report Writer adds substantial functionality:
HTML-style Tables - auto-sized nested tables with full control over padding, margins and borders.
Use cascading CSS2 stylesheets to control look and feel
Create inline graphs and charts with XML, direct from the database (using version 1 of our Graph Library). Includes a servlet and a servlet filter for simple generation of PDFs from XML or JSP pages.
Auto pagination of content with page headers and footers
Familiar HTML syntaxnd so on - simpler and FASTER than FOP.
All the features of our PDF library - Unicode support, Encryption, TrueType fonts, Barcodes and more.
Like our PDF Library, we offer an extended version of the Report Generator which has the following features:
Load existing PDF documents as templates
Digitally sign documents Create and edit interactive Forms, or AcroForms

BFOs Java Reporting tool provides some of the most comprehensive and advanced XML to PDF conversion on the market. As our XML is based on XHTML and uses CSS the learning curve is drastically reduced - report designers dont have to learn an entirely new grammar, so are up and running quicker.

The two-stage system of first generating the XML and then converting it to PDF means you can generate XML with any tool, although JSPs are the natural choice. This means you have access to the full range of Tag Libraries designed for JSP. Database connectivity is all taken care of before the XML conversion begins, so you can use whatever method you prefer to get your information from the backend into XML. The whole process is remarkably simp you can free download Big Faceless Java Report for Linux 1.1.42 now.