On 2007-04-24, Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >>I've looked at ReportLab's documentation, but although it >>appears to be able to use bitmap images (e.g jpeg) it doesn't >>appear to be able to use vector images (EPS/PDF/SVG). >> >>Is there a PDF generation library that can place EPS or >>PDF figures on a page? > . > . > . > You're stuck. > > If I understand what you're after, you're probably going to > end up finding a way to leverage Ghostscript. There are a > lot of ways to move forward in this area, but GS has most of > 'em beat, despite all its liabilities.
Yup, GS is what I'm using now, and it's working fine. I was hoping there would be something that'd be easier to bundle as part of a Win32 application. You can pretty much except a Linux platform to have ghostscript available, but for Win32 users it'll have to be bundled. :/ > That's my summary. I've done quite a bit in this area, and > am happy to talk about specifics. > > I have two recommendations: see if anything in <URL: > http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.text.pdf/PDF_converters.html > > resonates with you; and e-mail the nice folks at <URL: > http://www.pdf-tools.com/ >. Thanks. I'll take a look at those. It's too bad that ReportLab can't use vector image formats such as PDF or SVG. I would have thought that sticking a PDF image into a PDF document would be a pretty straight-forward thing to do, but it must not be something in high demand. > I've taken the liberty of cross-posting to c.t.p. Python > alone isn't big enough (yet) to solve your problem. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Did I do an INCORRECT at THING?? visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
