APM: reading/writing (Acrobat) PDF

[Sam Foster]

> Since I willan-haven-on-when-be-on-needunk( 1 ) to read PDF's for 
> nasty things also, I've been watching the references go by in lists 
> and on Perlmonks.  And what I think I've seen is the regretful 
> conclusion that PDF::API2 is at least the more modern, and _possibly_ 
> the 'best'. 
>
> The problem I keep seeing mentioned is that the packages good at 
> reading, aren't so hot at writing.  So finding one that can pass-thru 
> with slight mods ...
>
> You might post a question on Perlmonks, after perhaps searching a bit 
> there.
>
I'm looking over the API2 threads. Seems like I'm not the only one 
struggling without documentation. I think it maybe assumes a knowledge 
of the PDF format. Or maybe just postcript-y documents. I've been spoilt 
- I'm a html/xml  guy. DOM looks really good right about now. 
Downloading the spec - I was hoping to avoid this - but it looks like 
I'll need to take the plunge (or just abandon the project, which starts 
to look more likely at 11:15pm)

> Does that mention of PDFlib lite help any, under Limitations in 
> PDF::Template?

I'll try and build this on my machine at work and give it a whirl.

>
> (1) Please pardon the gratuitous H2G2 reference, 


as it happens, "needunk" is a googlewack: 
http://www.google.com/search?q=needunk
fancy that...

Sam