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The Big Faceless Report Generator is the leading Java component for converting XML to PDF documents. Using JSP, ASP or similar technology, you can now create dynamic PDF reports as quickly and easily as HTML. Built on our popular Java PDF library, the Report Writer adds substantial functionality:

HTML-style Tables - auto-sized nested tables with full control over padding, margins and borders
Use cascading CSS2 stylesheets to control look and feel
Create inline graphs and charts with XML, direct from the database
Includes a servlet and a servlet filter for simple generation of PDF's from XML or JSP pages.
Auto pagination of content with page headers and footers
Familiar HTML syntax - , ,

, , and so on - simpler and faster than FOP
All the features of our PDF library - Unicode support, Encryption, TrueType fonts, Barcodes and more.

BFO's Java Reporting tool provides some of the most comprehensive and advanced XML to PDF conversion on the market. As our XML is based on XHTML and uses CSS the learning curve is drastically reduced - report designers don't have to learn an entirely new grammar, so are up and running quicker.

The "two-stage" system of first generating the XML and then converting it to PDF means you can generate XML with any tool, although JSPs are the natural choice. This means you have access to the full range of Tag Libraries designed for JSP. Database connectivity is all taken care of before the XML conversion begins, so you can use whatever method you prefer to get your information from the backend into XML. The whole process is remarkably simple.

The trial version is fully functional (it stamps "DEMO" on each page of the report) and includes graphs, charts, tables and more, as well as all the features of the PDF library it's built on. This allows you as much time as you need to ensure that it meets your requirements. We offer free ad-hoc support during development so if you have any technical queries please do drop us an email.