How do I convert a html form to PDF. I would like to use Prawn for the purpose.
Pointing to any relevant links or examples would be very helpful.
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How do I convert a html form to PDF. I would like to use Prawn for the purpose.
Pointing to any relevant links or examples would be very helpful.
Why would you want to limit yourself to a technology (Prawn) not appropriate to the task (it’s not geared towards using HTML to generate the PDF)?
You might want to check out PDFKit instead, as it seems specifically designed to create PDFs from HTML, using powerful existing libraries.
Super short version (two lines!):
Read more about it here:
http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2010/06/15/rethinking-pdf-creation-in-ruby.html
Check out the RailsCast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/220-pdfkit