Subject: [ANNOUNCE] PDF::Create 0.01
From: [email-masked] (Fabien Tassin)
Date: 14 Nov 1999 13:23:15 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules

I've just uploaded PDF::Create 0.01 to CPAN. It will be
available shortly there : http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=PDF-Create
It *is* already available on my own ftp site :
  ftp://ftp.oleane.net/private/fta/perl/cpan/PDF-Create-0.01.tar.gz

Please note that if you are looking for a WYSIWYG PDF creator/editor or
if you don't know what Perl is, this announce is not for you.

Follow a part of the README :

  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 or
    stream. PDF stands for Portable Document Format.

    Documents can have several pages, a table of content, an
    information section and many other PDF elements. More
    functionnalities will be added as needs arise.

    Documents are constructed on the fly so the memory footprint is
    not tied to the size of the pages but only to their number.

  SYNOPSIS

        use PDF::Create;

        my $pdf = new PDF::Create('filename' => 'mypdf.pdf',
                                  'Version'  => 1.2,
                                  'PageMode' => 'UseOutlines',
                                  'Author'   => 'Fabien Tassin',
                                  'Title'    => 'My title',
                             );
        my $root = $pdf->new_page('MediaBox' => [ 0, 0, 612, 792 ]);

        # Add a page which inherits its attributes from $root
        my $page = $root->new_page;

        # Prepare 2 fonts
        my $f1 = $pdf->font('Subtype'  => 'Type1',
                            'Encoding' => 'WinAnsiEncoding',
                            'BaseFont' => 'Helvetica');
        my $f2 = $pdf->font('Subtype'  => 'Type1',
                            'Encoding' => 'WinAnsiEncoding',
                            'BaseFont' => 'Helvetica-Bold');

        # Prepare a Table of Content
        my $toc = $pdf->new_outline('Title' => 'Document',
                                    'Destination' => $page);
        $toc->new_outline('Title' => 'Section 1');
        my $s2 = $toc->new_outline('Title' => 'Section 2',
                                   'Status' => 'closed');
        $s2->new_outline('Title' => 'Subsection 1');

        $page->stringc($f2, 40, 306, 426, "PDF::Create");
        $page->stringc($f1, 20, 306, 396, "version $PDF::Create::VERSION");

        # Add another page
        my $page2 = $root->new_page;
        $page2->line(0, 0, 612, 792);
        $page2->line(0, 792, 612, 0);

        $toc->new_outline('Title' => 'Section 3');
        $pdf->new_outline('Title' => 'Summary');

        # Add something to the first page
        $page->stringc($f1, 20, 306, 300,
                       'by Fabien Tassin <[email-masked]>');

        # Add the missing PDF objects and the footer then close the file
        $pdf->close;

Share and enjoy.

-- 
Fabien Tassin -+- [email-masked]