I want to be able to generate PDF output from my (native) C++ Windows application. Are there any free/open source libraries available to do this?
I looked at the answers to this question, but they mostly relate to .Net.
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http://wxcode.sourceforge.net/docs/wxpdfdoc/
Works with the wxWidgets library.
PDF Hummus. see for http://pdfhummus.com/ - contains all required features for manipulation with PDF files except rendering.
Try wkhtmltopdf
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Cross platform. Open source. Convert any web pages into PDF documents using webkit. You can add headers and footers. TOC generation. Batch mode conversions. Can run on Linux server with an XServer (the X11 client libs must be installed). Can be directly used by PHP or Python via bindings to libwkhtmltox.
I worked on a project that required a pdf report. After searching for online I found the PoDoFo library. Seemed very robust. I did not need all the features, so I created a wrapper to abstract away some of the complexity. Wasn't too difficult. You can find the library here:
http://podofo.sourceforge.net/
Enjoy!
jagpdf seems to be one of them. It is written in C++ but provides a C API.
If you're brave and willing to roll your own, you could start with a PostScript library and augment it to deal with PDF, taking advantage of Adobe's free online PDF reference.
It depends a bit on your needs. Some toolkits are better at drawing, others are better for writing text. Cairo has a pretty good for drawing (it support a wide range of screen and file types, including pdf), but it may not be ideal for good typography.
muPdf library looks very promising: http://mupdf.com/
There is also an open source viewer: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html
A non-open source approach is: PDF Creator Pilot which provides more language options including C++, C#, Delphi, ASP, ASP.NET, VB, VB.NET, VBScript, PHP and Python
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