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I have researched about to convert HTML to PDF. I got 2 approaches. 1. Using Tidy and XSL-FO. 2. Using the project xhtmlrenderer Basically the 1st approach is : 1. Your HTML will need to be validate in according to XHTML, for this you could use Tidy . 2. After you will need to transform this new XHTML document in XLS-FO, you can review this link to find the stylesheet resource ( XHMTL to XLS-FO ). 3. Finally, convert your XLS-FO document in a PDF document. There are 2 links that could help with this approach: http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/3924 http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2006/jw-0410-html.html The 2nd approach is using the project xhtmlrenderer (https://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net/) This is easier than 1st approach. This tool hides the steps mentioned in the 1st approach and use CSS. This project uses a CSS parser (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cssparser/). the unique problem the I found out was when you want to use external CSS file in your HTML file. In the example use...

Yesterday I have found out how to use static resource in Shale framework. I wanted to enhance the Use Case example of Shale using Prototype for AJAX support. Then I found out my problem with static resources in Shale framework was resolved with the next steps 1. In the web file descriptor (web.xml) <context-param> <param-name> org.apache.shale.remoting.CLASS_RESOURCES </param-name> <param-value> /static/*:org.apache.shale.remoting.impl.ClassResourceProcessor </param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name> org.apache.shale.remoting.DYNAMIC_RESOURCES </param-name> <param-value> /dynamic/*:org.apache.shale.remoting.impl.MethodBindingProcessor </param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name> org.apache.shale.remoting.WEBAPP_RESOURCES </param-name> <param-value> /webapp/*:org.apache.shale.remoting.impl.WebResourceProcessor </param-value> </context-param> 2. I...