[Catalyst] [Announce] Catalyst::View::PDF::Reuse released

[Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann]

JJ schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I've just released Catalyst::View::PDF::Reuse to CPAN. [1]
>
> This is a module we developed at Penny's Arcade [2] to produce
> receipts and shipping labels - I gave a lighting talk about it [3] at
> Milton Keynes Perl Mongers which went down well, so here it is for
> everyone to use.
>
> The purpose of the module is to allow PDF files to be created from
> Template Toolkit so that nothing needs to be hard-coded in your View,
> the layout can all be controlled via templates.
>
> When using View::PDF::Reuse, TT is given a 'pdf' object which has
> methods corresponding to all the functions of PDF::Reuse. So by taking
> advantage of PDF::Reuse's [4] ability to modify existing PDF documents
> (such as a blank order form created in Word), it becomes possible to
> generate quite complex PDF files without writing much code.
>
> As an example, this is all you need in your controller (having already
> stashed an 'order' object):
>
>     $c->stash->{pdf_template} = 'order_pdf.tt';
>     $c->forward('View::PDF::Reuse');
>
> then the layout commands are in order_pdf.tt, allowing all of TT's
> facilities - loops, filters, and so on - to be used:
>
>     [% pdf.prForm('customer_receipt.pdf') %]
>     [% pdf.prText(123,643,order.number) %]
>     [% pdf.prText(299,643,order.date) %]
>
> If anyone has any suggestions for improvement, please let me know.
>   
We dont use direct pdf anymore ... LaTeX! and then convert to pdf works 
very good!


>
> Cheers,
>
> JJ
>
> [1] http://search.cpan.org/dist/Catalyst-View-PDF-Reuse
> [2] http://www.pennysarcade.co.uk
> [3] http://www.pennysarcade.co.uk/files/Creating_PDF_files_with_Catalyst.pdf
> [4] http://search.cpan.org/dist/PDF-Reuse
>
>   


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Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann
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