GenPDF

Usage

# display help
genpdf -h
# generate example document
genpdf example/QWebEngineView.mhtml example/QWebEngineView.pdf

Dependencies

GenPDF uses Qt WebEngine for PDF creation so you need to setup Qt framework on your machine using Qt Online Installer.

Replace y and z in 6.y.z with latest minor and patch numbers.

Select the following components only :

• Extensions
  • Qt WebEngine
    • Qt 6.y.z
      • Desktop
• Qt
  • Qt 6.y.z
    • Desktop
    • Additional Libraries
      • Qt Positioning
      • Qt WebChannel
      • Qt WebView

Build

# run qmake
/path/to/Qt/6.y.z/gcc_64/bin/qmake
# run make
make
# test genpdf
./genpdf

Test

# run test
./test

Some alternatives

wkhtmltopdf

⚠️ As of January 2023, this project is not maintained ⚠️

wkhtmltopdf --disable-javascript \
            example/wkhtmltopdf.html \
            example/wkhtmltopdf.pdf

chromium

⚠️ Javascript cannot be disabled with this method ⚠️

chromium --headless \
         --disable-gpu \
         --print-to-pdf=example/QWebEngineView.pdf \
         --no-pdf-header-footer \
         example/QWebEngineView.mhtml