2008/5/28 Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 07:10 -0700, ChrisC wrote: > >> Hi!, >> >> Not sure if using PDF::API2 is a good choice or not. Little to no >> doc. > > Yeah it's very powerful, and *very* poorly documented. What's worse, one > of the best tutorials ( http://rick.measham.id.au/pdf-api2/ ) has a big > photo of John f'n Howard in it. There's no need to immortalise that war > criminal. > >> In the "sub paging " I create the next page, but the >> script does not print in the next page. Do I have to tell it to print >> on page 2? If so how? > > For each page, you have to set up page dimensions, create new text and > graphics objects, eg: > > # Set page dimensions > $page->mediabox( $self->{page_width}, $self->{page_height} ); > > # Create a new txt object for the page > $self->{txt} = $page->text; > > # Set y to the top of the page > $self->{y} = $self->{page_height} - $self->{upper_margin}; > > # Create a new gfx object for our lines > $self->{line} = $page->gfx; > >> How do I add an image, jpg etc. > > $gfx->image( > $image, # The image > $img_x_pos, # X > $img_y_pos, # Y > $imgdata->{scale_ratio} # scale > ); > > You might want to look at my project, PDF::ReportWriter. It uses > PDF::API2 to produce reports. It simplifies things considerably, does > page breaking for you, grouping, etc. You can also use it just to render > text ( keep calling $report->render_data with new text ). I use it for > everything from Access-like reports to producing mail-merge letters ( it > does alignment, justification, etc as well ). > > I would point you to my webpage, but I accidentally lost everything > during a server upgrade, so you'll have to get it from CPAN. You can > either use it directly, or view the source to see how to use PDF::API2. > > Let me know if you have any other questions, feature requests, etc. > > Dan > > -- > Daniel Kasak > IT Developer > NUS Consulting Group > Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway > North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060
I have to agree. I really like PDF::API2 but the documentation is a little poor. I think the guy how created it (Alfred Reibenschuh) moved on before he had time to write the documentation up. It would be really cool if someone could come up with a new tutorial. I also wonder if there is some more features that could be added to the API now. No one has done any work on it since 2005. Just a though, Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
