The latest fpdf code commit is dated August 15. I checked its source code against the one bundled with web2py 2.6.4-stable and they appear to be identical.
On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:06:23 PM UTC+1, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Should I do that too? > > On Tuesday, 29 October 2013 13:30:58 UTC-5, Mariano Reingart wrote: >> >> You can try to download the fpdf source code from the repository (see >> the download zip link) and update your web2py distribution: >> >> http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/source/browse/ >> >> Please let follow this on the fpdf site: >> >> http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/issues/detail?id=66 >> >> Thanks for reporting it! >> >> Mariano Reingart >> http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar >> http://reingart.blogspot.com >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 2:41 PM, step <step...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Fair enough, Richard, I'm providing sample code here, and I will link >> to it >> > in the issue report. >> > Comments in the sample code explain the 0x95 codec error and also ask >> some >> > questions. >> > Thanks for your help. >> > >> > Download TTF font DejaVuSans.ttf and copy it into gluon/contrib/fpdf/ >> > You can download it from the FPDF site >> > >> http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/downloads/detail?name=fpdf_unicode_font_pack.zip&can=2&q= >> >> > >> > Add this function to controllers/default.py >> > >> > def issue(): return dict() >> > >> > >> > Replace views/generic.pdf >> > {{""" >> > replace the standard views/generic.pdf file with this file >> > """ >> > import os >> > # we comment this as we are using a custom model function >> > # from gluon.contrib.generics import pdf_from_html >> > filename = '%s/%s.html' % (request.controller,request.function) >> > if os.path.exists(os.path.join(request.folder,'views',filename)): >> > html=response.render(filename) >> > else: >> > html=BODY(BEAUTIFY(response._vars)).xml() >> > pass >> > # note the pyfpdf instead of pdf in the function call >> > # pyfpdf is defined in views/issue.html >> > =pyfpdf_from_html(html) >> > }} >> > >> > Create views/default/issue.html >> > {{""" >> > Put this file in [app]/default/issue.html then browse >> .../default/issue.pdf. >> > You should see a PDF file with two bullets, both with garbage >> characters, >> > one for an accented a, the other one for the euro sign. >> > Now comment out the line after #1# below and uncomment the similar line >> > after #2#. >> > The aim is to print out the two characters correctly. Browse again the >> pdf >> > page to test... >> > Instead you will get a codec error involving character 0x95. >> > 0x95 is the bullet sign that FPDF adds for UL() below (counter-proof: >> > replace OL() for UL() to get going) >> > This reproduces issue #66 that I reported on the FPDF google code site >> > http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/issues/detail?id=66. >> > >> > I'm still left scratching my head on how to print the euro character >> and the >> > accented a character at the same time. >> > I tried playing with codecs in #3# below to no avail. >> > """ >> > def text(a): >> > print repr(a) >> > return a.decode("utf-8").encode("utf-8") >> > #3# setting encode 'latin-1' prints accented characters (but errors >> out >> > on euro, which needs utf-8 encoding) >> > >> > def pyfpdf_from_html(html): >> > import os >> > from gluon.contrib.fpdf import FPDF, HTMLMixin >> > >> > class MyFPDF(FPDF, HTMLMixin): >> > pass >> > >> > pdf = MyFPDF() >> > pdf.add_font('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSans.ttf', uni=True) >> > pdf.set_font('DejaVu', '', 12) >> > pdf.add_page() >> > #1#this works but the default font doesn't include the euro >> character >> > pdf.write_html('%s' % html) >> > #2#this errors out with 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x95 in >> position >> > 5: invalid start byte >> > ###note that 0x95 is the bullet sign that FPDF adds for UL() below >> - >> > replace it with OL() to get going >> > #pdf.write_html('<font face="DejaVu" size="12">%s<font>' % html) >> > return XML(pdf.output(dest='S')) >> > }} >> > >> > {{=HTML(BODY(UL([text('à'),text('€')])))}} >> > >> > >> > >> > On Monday, October 28, 2013 9:46:10 PM UTC+1, Richard wrote: >> >> >> >> did you user your_string.decode('utf8') before passing to FPDF?? >> >> >> >> I think you have mistake in your code, you should provide example code >> in >> >> you issue report!! >> >> >> >> Richard >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:40 PM, step <step...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I discovered and reported in >> >>> http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/issues/detail?id=66 an issue with >> >>> gluon/contrib/FPFD. 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