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PDF::Table is a utility class for building table layouts in a PDF::API2 object.

SYNOPSIS

use PDF::API2;
use PDF::Table;

my $pdftable = new PDF::Table;
my $pdf = new PDF::API2(-file => "table_of_lorem.pdf");
my $page = $pdf->page;

# some data to layout
my $some_data =[
["1 Lorem ipsum dolor",
"Donec odio neque, faucibus vel",
"consequat quis, tincidunt vel, felis."],
["Nulla euismod sem eget neque.",
"Donec odio neque",
"Sed eu velit."],
... and so on
];

# build the table layout
$pdftable->table(
# required params
$pdf,
$page,
$some_data,
x => $left_edge_of_table,
w => 570,
start_y => 500,
next_y => 700,
start_h => 300,
next_h => 500,
# some optional params
padding => 5,
padding_right => 10,
background_color_odd => "gray",
background_color_even => "lightblue", #cell background color for even rows
);

# do other stuff with $pdf
...

This class is a utility for use with the PDF::API2 module from CPAN. It can be used to display text data in a table layout within the PDF. The text data must be in a 2d array (such as returned by a DBI statement handle fetchall_arrayref() call). The PDF::Table will automatically add as many new pages as necessary to display all of the data.

Various layout properties, such as font, font size, and cell padding and background color can be specified for each column and/or for even/odd rows. Also a (non)repeated header row with different layout properties can be specified.
See the METHODS section for complete documentation of every parameter.

PDFlib is a widely used programming library which allows the programmer to generate and manipulate files in Adobes well known Portable Document Format (PDF) and integrate this ability into any application or server environment.

The project is available for all major operating environments (12 different packages) and development environments.

The new release offers a variety of new and improved functions, including a new table formatter, PDF/A output for longtime archiving, AES encryption, integrated pCOS analyzing tools, a repair and optimization mode for input PDFs, and numerous other new features.

Table formatting. The new table formatter in PDFlib 7 creates complex tables automatically. The new table formatter simplifies the process of generating PDF files with tables on the fly, such as catalogs, invoices, or database reports.

PDF/A for archiving. PDFlib is one of the first tools worldwide to generate output according to the PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b standards. Existing PDF/A documents can be imported by PDFlib and combined or split.

Open Office Software Development Kit is an add-on for OpenOffice suite.
It provides the necessary tools and documentation for programming the OpenOffice.org APIs and creating own extensions (UNO components) for OpenOffice.org.
The highlight of the SDK is the 900-page Developers Guide. This comprehensive guide provides a detailed description of the OpenOffice.org API concepts, the OpenOffice.org UNO component model and how to use the API in the context of the different application areas. At the close of each chapter, there is at least one example that demonstrates how to use a specific API.
Developers who are new to OpenOffice.org will also find the OpenOffice.org developer page useful.
Main features:
- 900-page Developers Guide (HTML + PDF version)
- XML file format specification
- IDL reference with cross references to the Developers Guide and vice versa
- C/C++ and Java UNO reference documentation
- development and deployment tools
- code samples for Java, C++, OpenOffice.org Basic and OLE
- easy-to-use build environment for the included samples

PDF Split and Merge project is an easy-to-use tool that provides functions to split and merge PDF files or subsections of them.

PDFKreator is an easy to use KDE tool for creating PDF documents out of a bunch of image files. It heavily uses ImageMagicks convert tool, tiff2ps and ps2pdf.

JUnit PDF Report project generates a PDF report from JUnit test results.

It uses Apache Ant to execute the generation, and Apache FOP to render the PDF document.

While automating tests for my company, I found that everything I need is available in the open source community, except printable test reports.

I couldnt sell the JUnitReport HTML reports to users. They see them as a technical artifact, and want to have a report that feels like a sign-off document.

Rather than building a solution in-house, I decided to initiate an open source project for it. I hope I can give something back to the community for everything it gave me.

PDF::Reuse is a Perl module that can reuse and mass produce PDF documents.

SYNOPSIS

use PDF::Reuse;
prFile(myFile.pdf);
prText(100, 500, Hello World !);
prEnd();

This module could be used when you want to mass produce similar (but not identical) PDF documents and reuse templates, JavaScripts and some other components. It is functional to be fast, and to give your programs capacity to produce many pages per second and very big PDF documents if necessary.

The module produces PDF-1.4 files. Some features of PDF-1.5, like "object streams" and "cross reference streams", are supported, but only at an experimental level. More testing is needed. (If you get problems with a new document from Acrobat 6 or 7, try to save it or recreate it as a PDF-1.4 document first, before using it together with this module.)

Templates

Use your favorite program, probably a commercial visual tool, to produce single PDF-files to be used as templates, and then use this module to mass produce files from them.

(If you want small PDF-files or want special graphics, you can use this module also, but visual tools are often most practical.)

Lists

The module uses "XObjects" extensively. This is a format that makes it possible create big lists, which are compact at the same time.

PDF-operators

The module gives you a good possibility to program at a "low level" with the basic graphic operators of PDF, if that is what you want to do. You can build your own libraries of low level routines, with PDF-directives "controlled" by Perl.

Archive-format

If you want, you get your new documents logged in a format suitable for archiving or transfer.

PDF::Reuse::Tutorial might show you best what you can do with this module.

JavaScript

You can attach JavaScripts to your PDF-files.

You can have libraries of JavaScripts. No cutting or pasting, and those who include the scripts in documents only need to know how to initiate them. (Of course those who write the scripts have to know Acrobat JavaScript well.)