[Melbourne-pm] PDF::API2

[Myf White]

I have encountered this problem before. I also only needed one single
layout, and would have preferred a templating tool, but I ended up writing
a module which used PDF::Table and passing all of my data to that. It
worked well for me, because a) the data was suitable for tables and b) I
was gonna need a module to wrap it anyway for various reasons. Not sure if
it would suit your layout requirements.

Kind Regards,
Myf White

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Email:* myfwhite at gmail.com


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Andrew Dent <andrew_dent at dentaur.com>wrote:

> Thanks, ****
>
> For this project creating a HTML file and then converting that file to a
> PDF would be ok. I can delete the HTML file after the conversion. ****
>
> But the HTML to PDF tool needs to be available in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server.
> ****
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> Unfortunately it doesn’t look like wkhtmltopdf is available for Ubuntu
> 12.04 LTS. ****
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> There is only one type of PDF file to create, so I can bundle all the Perl
> code defining the layout of the PDF into a module. ****
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> But it would be nice to have a template file defining the PDF layout that
> is separate to the code. ****
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> *From:* Melbourne-pm [mailto:melbourne-pm-bounces+andrew_dent=
> dentaur.com at pm.org] *On Behalf Of *Ben Vinnerd
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 19 March 2013 10:48 PM
> *To:* Melbourne Perlmongers
> *Subject:* Re: [Melbourne-pm] PDF::API2****
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> Hi Andrew,****
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> This might not be the answer you're looking for, but anyway...****
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> I looked into PDF CPAN modules a few years ago and decided to use
> wkhtmltopdf instead.****
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> https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/****
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> It's great to generate PDF docs, and free. You just create an HTML page
> and run the wkhtmltopdf command.****
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> Might be worth a look? Like I said though, might not be what you're
> looking for.****
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> Ben****
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> On 19 March 2013 11:22, Andrew Dent <andrew_dent at dentaur.com> wrote:****
>
> Hi****
>
>  ****
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> Is there a template module, or file that can be used with PDF::API2?****
>
> Or when PDF::API2 is used do people normally define the layout/style of
> the PDF file in their Perl code? ****
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> I’ve looked in the documentation, and googled, but I can’t find anything.
> Maybe I missed it. L****
>
>  ****
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> In addition to PDF::API2, I looked at PDF::Template but it doesn’t look
> like it is maintained much anymore. ****
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>  ****
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> Cheers****
>
>  ****
>
> Andrew****
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