Re: Need guidance producing PDF of Invoice Data

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Kazumi Hara
http://www.antennahouse.com/



"Fierke, John" <John.Fierke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I am wanting to replace an OLD client-side PowerBuilder app that allows users to query a database by criteria such as invoice number, customer, packing slip, ship date, etc.  The end product is a printable image that mimics our original invoice.  
> 
> I want to replace this PITA with a web app that will be more robust and produce a PDF version of the invoice.  I have an apache web server (Apache/1.3.6).  I have limited XML experience.  I will most likely design the application using Perl since that is where my greatest strength lies.  The data resides in an Oracle database.
> 
> There seem to be SO many solutions for this problem, but I am feeling highly overwhelmed.  I would just like to figure out what is necessary to get data from Oracle and displayed as a pdf.  I don't believe this task should be too complicated.  
> 
> Am I mistaken?
> 
> A sample portion of the invoice can be viewed at fierke.net/invoice_sample.jpg.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any and all contributions,
> 
> John Fierke
> Dallas, TX