The Big Faceless Report Generator is a Java application for converting source documents written in XML to PDF. Built on top of the Big Faceless PDF & Graph Libraries, the Report Generator combines these features and wraps an XML parser around them. Using JSP, ASP, XSL, or similar, creating dynamic PDF documents directly from a database is now as easy as HTML.
| Tags | Software Development Libraries Java Libraries Documentation |
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| Implementation | Java |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release adds <pdfset> as an optional outer tag, to combine multiple smaller PDFs into one. It adds Xinclude support, to include XML from external sources into the source. Graphs from version 2 of the Graph Library can now be embedded directly into the Report Generator using the Graph tag library syntax. The Graph Library must still be licensed separately. This release adds "pre-line" as a valid value for the "whitespace" attribute. It adds the ability to embed flash objects via an <object> tag, exactly as for HTML.


Release Notes: No changes were made other than a rebuild with a newer version of the PDF Library, which fixes more bugs regarding barcodes. Users of this release that wish to insert an FNC1 character into a barcode must do so with the U+EFC1; character, e.g. <barcode value="0123456"/>. This is built with PDF library 2.11.17 and Graph Library 1.1.6.


Release Notes: A long-standing issue where a blank page was sometimes added to the end of the document was fixed. Aztec-code was added to the barcode tag. This version is built with PDF library 2.11.15 and Graph Library 1.1.6.


Release Notes: New META keys were added to enable creation of PDF/A1-b:2005 documents. An alternative method to include control characters in Barcodes was added. The producer field to "bfo.com" was updated. This version was built with PDF library 2.11.13 and Graph Library 1.1.6.


Release Notes: Upper-alpha and lower-alpha lists now number correctly after the first 26 items. Built with PDF library 2.11.10b and Graph Library 1.1.6.