[Catalyst] Should I create a new view for rendering a pdf in browser?

[Steve]

Alec - Good point.  I've taken for granted that everyone's browser has 
these plugins.  Perhaps conversion is the best option.

Steve


On 11/9/2011 9:50 AM, Alec Taylor wrote:
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> ._. interested in displaying PDFs without a client-side PDF plugin?
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> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Steve<steve at matsch.com>  wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> My question is fairly straightforward - If I want to render a pdf in a
>> browser, should I create a new Catalyst View?
>>
>> The background on this is that we think that rather than rendering an HTML
>> version of these reports, and subsequently converting them to pdf, just
>> create the pdf on the fly and render it in the browser.
>>
>> Extra credit for recommendations on pdf tools for this type of thing.  We've
>> looked at PDF::Create, PDF::API2, PDF::Reuse, and also Prince (if we decide
>> to convert from HTML).
>>
>> Thanks - Steve
>>
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