yes, I realize this ... I just don't want a screen to come up.
The screen PDF displays with the first record. Can we supress?
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:16 AM, peter <peterchutchin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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