It seems that Adobe Air 2.0 will offer quite a few features. HTML5/CSS3 and SSL socket support are reason enough to celebrate.
Edit: For those interested I also have an AlivePDF Example.
First, the goods:
DRYByDesign_jsPDF_Demo(Air Package)
[cert: dbd, pw: dbd]
The problem:
The one thing we want need is the ability to print natively. I prefer some sort of native PDF generation but I’m not picky. AlivePDF seems to fill this niche *if* you use Flex. So what about us HTML/Javascript devotees?
The solution (so far):
jsPDF is lightweight and easy to use. It looks like it’ll fit the bill for basic (text) PDF needs. Tables and images may be too much to ask for too soon. The demo I made takes the suggested application and twists it a little. Instead of piping the content to the brower using a data_uri, it saves the content to the local file system.
So there you have it, local PDF generation in Adobe Air using nothing but HTML/CSS and Javascript.
