Question

    **I want to insert a table inside a parent table column.**

e.g :-
     <table>
      <tr>
        <th> Type </th>
        <th> Rate </th>
        <th> Duration </th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td> Time <br/>
        <table>
           <tr>
            <th> Name</th>
            <th> Rate </th>
            <th> Duration </th>
          </tr> 
          <tr>
            <td> Tom </td>
            <td> $100 </td>
            <td> 25 </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td> Tom1 </td>
            <td> $200 </td>
            <td> 20 </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td> Tom2 </td>
            <td> $300 </td>
            <td> 26 </td>
         </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
      <td> $1000</td>
      <td> 65 </td>
     </tr>
    </table>

 This is in html format . I want to display content in the same format in pdf using prawn.

Answer 1

Have you tried using WickedPDF. It’s a PDF generation tool, but you write the HTML instead of learning new syntax etc. It also has the added bonus of being able to use Webkit syntax so html5 is consistant throughout