Simplistic wrapper for the excellent pdfapi2 modules. Over the last couple of months weve been looking at the documentation that comes with every distribution of perl. Ive never used pdfapi2outline, but it does have some example code in its tests. Synopsis rather than cluttering up the following documentation with or pdf builder additions, wherever it refers to pdf api2, understand that you can substitute pdf builder to use that product instead. Pdfapi2 will aim to support all major perl versions that were released in the past six years, plus one, in order to continue working for the life of most longtermstable lts server distributions.
If you use the pdf version of this documentation or a paper version stemming from the pdf one for any other use than a personal one, i would be thankful if you could keep me informed by email. Pdf api2 simple, by red tree systems, is a wrapper over the pdf api2 module for users who find the pdf api2 module to difficult to use. Template is an object oriented module, but dont let that scare you. There seem to be a growing plethora of perl modules for creating and manipulating pdf files. Finding examples of working with truetype fonts in api2 is like pulling teeth. So ill also be looking at these cpan pdf modules at. Read on and see how the following templates can be used to craft tasty api documentation. Here are some direct links which may be of interest. Pdfapi2 is the next generation of textpdfapi, a perl modulechain that facilitates the creation and modification of pdf files. Documents can have several pages, a table of content, an information section and many other pdf elements. This can be an overkill for something small and not always ideal if you want to embed pdf generation into your perl app.
Pdfapi2 facilitates the creation and modification of. On unixlike including linux and mac os x systems, you can access the documentation for installed modules with the perldoc command. The main interface to the template toolkit from a perl program is the template module. Documentation for perl and its most popular extensions in pdf format converted from pod. Pdf table a utility class for building table layouts in a pdf api2 or pdf builder object. A perl module chain to faciliate the creation and modification of highquality portable document format aka. Pdfapi3compatapi2 a perl module chain to faciliate. Official documentation for the perl programming language. Automatic report generation with your text editor, perl, and l a tex. I am writing a cgi app and need a module and some brief instructions that can do this. Looking for a script that will generate a pdf for a predefined avery label 5390. Think of a web site that you use and that supplies. We strongly recommend that you use the appropriate method for the chosen api api1 or api2, rather than this method. Pdfapi2 will aim to support all major perl versions that were released in the past.
Pdfapi2simple simplistic wrapper for the excellent pdfapi2. Perl api2 font examples justifying text without scaling. Pdftable a utility class for building table layouts in a pdfapi2 or pdfbuilder object. I dont want to create thousands of individual pdfs i just want to create them on the fly using a template. Have same image on each label via gd generate unique image for each label via gd generate unique. Pdfapi2 facilitates the creation and modification of pdf. Using templates for documentation driven api design. This isnt a tutorial, but it should help some of you out there. I am now using pdf api2, which is much more powerful than pdf create, but still demands the pdf be assembled at a troublingly low level. Api blueprint gives you awesome tools for your whole api lifecycle. The ability to use another document as a template and to embed literal pdf commands pdf you cannot save data typed into this. Pdftemplate is a pdf layout system that uses the same data structures as html template.
Like all perl modules, you load the template module into your program with the use statement like this. There are many perl books, you may also find these links useful. Pdfapi2 facilitates the creation and modification of pdf files. Rather than cluttering up the following documentation with or pdf builder additions, wherever it refers to pdf api2, understand that you can substitute pdf builder to use that product instead. Pdfapi2 perl package manager index ppm activestate code. That might seem strange to you as you sit inside the perl community echo chamber reading the perl ironman or p5p, but try this simple experiment. A tutorial by example this document is designed to teach you to drive pdfapi2, the most comprehensive toolkit for creating pdf files from.
As an example of adding pdf markup with pradd, the code creates a. I know i lost a few trying to get the thing to work. As a work of the united states government, source code released by the gsa is in the public domain by default within the united states. So ill also be looking at these cpan pdf modules at some point in near future. Would love an example of using the shade shading object. This month i want to move on a bit and look at writing documentation for perl code that you write. Turns out, embedding a ttf into a pdf isnt that difficult. There are quite a number of modules on cpan relating to the creation and manipulation of. Rather than cluttering up the following documentation with or pdfbuilder additions, wherever it refers to pdfapi2, understand that you can substitute pdfbuilder to. Catalystviewpdfapi2simple provides the facility to generate pdf files from a catalyst application by embedding pdfapi2simple commands within a template toolkit template.
As ive mentioned in passing in previous columns, perl documentation is usually written using plain old documentation or pod. It is the package of choice if creating new pdf documents from scratch. Stop reinventing wheels, start building space rockets. What is the best perl module to use for creating a.
This document is designed to teach you to drive pdfapi2, the most comprehensive toolkit for creating pdf files from perl. Pdfapi2 is very powerful, but it requires pixellevel addresses for. Pdfapi2 for fun and profit apw2005 presentation may be retrieved here. In past ive always gone for xmlxsltxslfo using apache fop with perl being used to create the initial xml data. Download perl pdf api2 packages for alt linux, centos, fedora, mageia, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware. For a lot of programmers out there, perl has become largely invisible. Pdfapi2 is the next generation of textpdfapi which initially provided a nice api around the textpdf modules created by martin hosken. Pdftable a utility class for building table layouts in a. Apr 12, 2017 top 10 free templates for api documentation. Pdfcreate provides an easy module to create pdf output from your perl.
Introducing the template toolkit part 3 perl hacks. If you cant do any of those try the friendly folk at perlmonks. Getting started with the template toolkit perl template. Template syntax within your template you will have access to a pdf object which has methods corresponding to all of pdf api2 simple s functions. Perlpdfapi2 download for linux rpm, txz download perlpdfapi2 linux packages for alt linux, centos, fedora, mageia, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware alt linux sisyphus. This is an incredible module, limited only by documentation so far. Download perl pdf api2 page linux packages for centos, fedora, mageia, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, rosa.
It features support for the 14 base pdf core fonts, truetype fonts, and adobetype1, with unicode mappings, embedding o. Aug 12, 2014 catalystview pdf api2 simple provides the facility to generate pdf files from a catalyst application by embedding pdf api2 simple commands within a template toolkit template. If you call more than one of these methods, the pdf specification recommends calling them in the following order. Sweat blood tears fear sorrow depression hope joy fun pride satisfaction. Unlike html template, this is a full layout system. The methods in this section change the coordinate system for the current content object relative to the rest of the document. You can generate documentation automatically and much more with this. I need to convert some html reports into pdf using perl. Pdfapi2content methods for adding graphics and text. As a valued partner and proud supporter of metacpan, stickeryou is. Sine its initial release, i have found it to be easy to use to produce simple documents, over every aspect of my pdf creation, from image contact sheets, to relatively complex tabulated data. Unmaintainable code triggered rewrite into new namespace pdfapi2 objectoriented, lgpl objectstructure streamlined in 0. The template toolkit is an allperl template processing system. End the current page, and save the document to the file argument, or the file specified when instaniating the object.
Pdftable a utility class for building table layouts in. It has a twitter template and a bootstrap template. Generatingpdffilesfromperl letsstartwithnothingandseeifwecanwindupwithsomething. Labkeys perl api allows you to query, insert and update data on a labkey server from perl. Among all the api documentation formats, three of them deserve a mention because they let you design your api in a way that can be easily consumed by humans as well as machines. The template toolkit is an all perl template processing system. Note that although this page shows the status of all builds of this package in ppm, including those available with the free community edition of activeperl, manually downloading modules ppmx package files is possible only with a business edition license. Unlike many other perl templating systems, it is as proficient at producing html as it is at producing xml, pdf, or any other output format. Latex package that will get called instead of perls builtin system.
If you want to learn pdf, adobe have the full specification available for download on their website. Download perlpdfapi2page linux packages for centos, fedora, mageia, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, rosa. Pdfapi2 is my workhorse for this sort of thing and ill almost always use the importpageintoform method, as soon as i need to do any layup or reprocessing of an existing pdf document as a general solution, i create a new pdf, page by page, import the elements that i. This compilation in one single pdf document has been conceived using the perl pod2latex script to get latex, then converted into pdf thanks to pd. Pdf api2 is my workhorse for this sort of thing and ill almost always use the importpageintoform method, as soon as i need to do any layup or reprocessing of an existing pdf document. Most unix platforms, including macintosh osx, already have a perl interpreter installed. Pdf api2, by alfred reibenschuh, is actively maintained. The template toolkit is a fast, flexible and highly extensible template processing system. Pdf api2 will aim to support all major perl versions that were released in the past six years, plus one, in order to continue working for the life of most longtermstable lts server distributions. To install pdf api2, simply copy and paste either of the commands in to your terminal. Sep 30, 2019 pdfcreate allows you to create pdf document using a number of primitives. It is mature, reliable and well documented, and is used to generate content for countless web sites ranging from the very small to the very large. Perl module for creation and modification of pdf files.
This means you will have to describe where each item will be on the page. Pdfapi2 perl pdf creationmodification module chain. In order to drive pdfapi2 ill take you through the steps. Top 10 free templates for api documentation techslides. Template syntax within your template you will have access to a pdf object which has methods corresponding to all of pdfapi2simple s functions. Guide to the liveapi system the api method developer. On unixlike including linux and mac os x systems, you can access the documentation for installed modules. The next example assembles a new file from the example material. After loading the module and creating a new pdfapi2 module. On unixlike including linux and mac os x systems, you can access the documentation for installed modules with the perldoc command for example, to get the documentation for iofile, enter perldoc iofile from your command prompt. Automatic report generation with your text editor, perl. Jan 02, 2014 for a lot of programmers out there, perl has become largely invisible. Adobes pdf has become a standard for text documents.
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