Paul I think you will find that you have created a file. The file tuto1.pdf
will be in your web2py folder which is maybe why you are not seeing it.
if you do
pdf.output(name=request.folder+'/static/tuto1.pdf')
It would put it in the static folder of your application.
Peter
On Monday, 19 November 2012 02:30:14 UTC, Paul Rykiel wrote:
>
> Thank you Peter... i actually got it working, but I have a specific
> question ... I have been just trying out the PDF creation and the following
> example works great ... it is simple and I think it will suffice, here is
> my question ... how do I get it to save to a director and not just display
> the PDF on the screen? any help you can offer would be great. Regards,
>
> from gluon.contrib.fpdf import FPDF
> def pdfexp():
> example = "this is an example"
> example2 = "this is example 2"
> pdf=FPDF()
> pdf.add_page()
> pdf.set_font('Arial','B',16)
> pdf.cell(40,10, example)
> pdf.add_page()
> pdf.set_font('Arial','B',16)
> pdf.cell(40,10, example2)
> pdf.output('tuto1.pdf','F')
> return response.stream(open('tuto1.pdf'))
>
> On Sunday, November 18, 2012 3:39:44 AM UTC-6, peter wrote:
>
>> Paul here is a reply to your pyfpdf question.
>>
>> I think the best way to use pyfpdf with web2py is not to install pyfpdf,
>> but to include it in your application. So download the source file. Put all
>> the .py files in the modules folder of your application. Copy the font
>> folder into the modules folder of your app. Remember to restart web2py to
>> allow the changes in the module folder to filter through. This works for me
>> and I find pyfpdf pretty good.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:28:59 UTC, Paul Rykiel wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi just learning WEB2py and I have a question:
>>>
>>> why do i get an error on this code
>>> **** This code errors out, but when I replace "tag_no" with 1 for
>>> record id 1, it works, also the variable "tag_no" has a 1 as a value when i
>>> type in an argument 1 on the end of the URL *
>>>
>>> def tag():
>>> tag_no = request.args(0)
>>> Title = "For Sale"
>>> * Rows = db(db.bike.id==tag_no).select() *
>>> for row in Rows:
>>> serial = row.serial
>>> make = row.make
>>> model = row.model
>>> size = row.size
>>> color = row.color
>>> style = row.style
>>> date_of_receipt = row.date_of_receipt
>>> repairs = row.repairs_done
>>> price = row.price
>>> return locals()
>>>
>>
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