You can take advantage of what has been done before, it is not necessary to start from scratch every time you create a PDF-file. You use old PDF-files as a source for forms, images, fonts and texts. The components are taken as they are, or rearranged, and you add your own texts and you produce new output. Modern Perl is suitable for programmers of every level. It's more than a Perl tutorial—only Modern Perl focuses on Perl 5.20 and 5.22, to demonstrate the latest and most effective time-saving features. Only Modern Perl explains how and why the language works, to let you unlock the full power of Perl. Buy from: Amazon.com - Amazon UK - Powells. Modperl is more than CGI scripting on steroids. It is a whole new way to create dynamic content by utilizing the full power of the Apache web server to create stateful sessions, customized user authentication systems, smart proxies and much more. Create PDF files. Ppm install PDF-Create. + How to install PDF-Create. Download and install ActivePerl. Open Command Prompt. Type ppm install PDF-Create. NAME PDF::Create - create PDF files DESCRIPTION PDF::Create allows you to create PDF documents using a large number of primitives and emit the result as a PDF file/stream.PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Documents can have several pages, a table of content, an information section and many other PDF elements.
Posted on 2010-07-22 09:25:24.095335-07 by kodo
Hi, now forgive me for being new, I have PDF-Create working just wonderfully,but I cannot find an example of an image being added to a pdf anywhere,and I've search all day. I have installed (and using)
Perl Create Pdf From Html
PDF::Image::GIF PDF::Image::JPEG
I've created the image object
All works up to here and the PDF document gets created fine,but as soon as I try to add the image (the next line) to the page it stops working
I'm totally lost now having tried everything I can think of, posting here is my last resort.
Thanks in advance..
Posted on 2010-07-23 03:05:57.166507-07 by kodo in response to 12828
You might want to see the entire script, almost 100% of it is cut n pasteddirectly from the CPan page. The only differences are the includsionof PDF::Image::GIF and PDF::Image::JPG, the extra two lines of codementioned above and three lines at the bottom. As mentioned above thescript works fine without the one line that actually adds the image to the page.And before you ask the image definately does exist, in the same directory as the script.
Thanks for your help...
Posted on 2010-07-23 04:28:30.537206-07 by markusb in response to 12828
Hi Kodo,
The POD of PDF-Create shows how to imbed images.
Here the essential two lines you need. There is no need to include PDF::Create:JPEG.
Markus
Posted on 2010-07-23 05:03:07.501647-07 by kodo in response to 12831
Fantastic, thanks very much Markus. I admit I've a lot to learn still,sometimes I struggle a bit with the syntax on the odd CPAN modules.On the POD (http://search.cpan.org/~markusb/PDF-Create-1.06/lib/PDF/Create.pm)does mention adding images, but with no code example, just afew lines that to a newby like me are cryptic :(
image(
+ a bit of text about Preparing an XObject
image( image_id, xpos, ypos, xalign, yalign, xscale, yscale, rotate, xskew, yskew)
+ a bit about why small GIF images wont work and a small bit about each paramiter.
No actual examples. Looking back at my previous attemptsI did get close on one ooccation with the following code,but as you can see (and as I see now) while it was close it was completely wrong!It seems so obvious now I see the correct code!
Thanks again for the help, much appreciated!
Posted on 2010-07-23 07:30:37.836624-07 by markusb in response to 12832
No problem, happy it is working for you.
As usual, documentation could be better. I'm planning, in theback of my head, to supply sample programs for all features.I don't know yet what the best way to supply them would be, though.
Markus
Posted on 2013-08-23 01:05:28.655556-07 by abigail111 in response to 12828
You can just add image to pdf according to the demo code,or you cancreate an imaging SDK,which can process pdf
Perl Pdf Create Rectangle
(This article is based on a thread on the CPAN::Forum.)
Perl Script Create Pdf
Published on 2010-07-22