a cocoa solution may yet be forthcoming, but—if you enjoy pdf, qua pdf, i should investigate CGPDFContextCreate.
regards, edaward On Aug 16, 2014, at 6:18 AM, Jean Suisse <jean.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a goods management cocoa application which needs to generate pdf > documents. It isn’t a document-based app, it doesn’t use core data and the > data that should be printed are not laid out in any of the views displayed to > the user. > > In short, I would need to generate a pdf document with nice headers and > footers on each page, a title and some information on the first page, then a > multi-page section containing some of the database displayed as a table, > followed by a summary with some text and numbers at the end. > > I have little experience with the cocoa printing system (basically, I know > how to print a view) and the main issues I face are : > > – alignment of the text (left, right, …) on the page… I would like to select > the paper format and the orientation. This is not an issue since the app > development is strongly tied to laws and regulation, limiting the user’s > choice to A4 paper, both orientations, is acceptable. > – drawing the table so that it is well cut at the bottom of the page. If > possible I would like to replicate the header of the table on each new page. > > Before I even start developing this part of the app, what advices would you > give me to speed up the process ? Is there some kind of template system that > I can use, to visually build the document and define the position of the > cotent? Should I build a view, then print it ? Is it more efficient to work > directly on the pdf? > > Thank you for your help, > Jean > ----------- > Jean Suisse > Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne > (ICMUB) — UMR 6302 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/etaffel%40me.com > > This email sent to etaf...@me.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
