Create a pdf in flex

Hi, i wanna create a pdf or a doc in flex builder for a website, i was watching a tutorial on XPAAJ but they dont have it anymore.
i also tried fpdf where u create a pdf using php, but for some reason when i pass the data it doesnt create it.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

pls check out this link
http://sunilrana.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/to-create-pdf-in-flex
also download alivepdf from
code.google.com/p/alivepdf/downloads/list
Thanks
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like to explore how to create a PDF file of the BarChart or other
charting components.
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to view it as a PDF. When the user presses the button, the PDF
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In order to generate a PDF document, you have to call a
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some arguments.
I modified the PDFService example in the documentation so I
can:
1- specify any document as opposed to hardcoding the PDF
template name
2- write the PDF to a file as opposed to writing it in the
user's session
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package com.mycompany.flex.remoteObjects;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import flex.acrobat.pdf.XFAHelper;
import flex.messaging.FlexContext;
import flex.messaging.util.UUIDUtils;
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public PDFService()
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PDFdocument);
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source = source.substring(0, index) + source.substring(index
+ 2, source.length());
XFAHelper helper = new XFAHelper();
helper.open(source);
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helper.importDataset(dataset);
// Create a unique ID
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source =
FlexContext.getServletContext().getRealPath("/dynamic-pdf/" + uuid
+ "_" + PDFdocument);
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level.
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import com.adobe.cairngorm.control.CairngormEvent;
import com.adobe.cairngorm.business.Responder;
import
com.mycompany.core.business.GenerateAndOpenPDFDelegate;
import
com.mycompany.core.control.event.GenerateAndOpenPDFEvent;
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import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
import mx.collections.*;
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Responder
[Bindable]
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event as GenerateAndOpenPDFEvent;
delegate.generateAndOpenPDF( generateAndOpenPDFEvent.pdfVO
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null;
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I am rather new to Adobe, however I am able to use most of the software (illustrator, indesign, Photoshop, LiveCycle) just fine.
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I am trying to create a PDF document that will be around 50 pages. This document I will distribute to representatives in my company who work for many different financial institutions. I somehow want to create this PDF for them to be able to customize by inserting their financial institution's logo and date to the footer and insert their name to title page (and any other applicable pages).
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I am kind of lost as to how I can create this PDF and so if anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it! It's also possible I may be in the wrong program forum. So apologize if I am.
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This can be done using Adobe Acrobat yes.
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