Cool, you're all set then. Documentation on Platypus should help you do what
you want. I know it can do tables flow between pages, repeating the header
in the beginning of each page if desired, and I'm sure there are ways of
creating headers and footers, although I have never tried them.
Best,
Paulo
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Sven Richter <sver...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> Shame on me. The problem was that i mixed SimpleDocTemplate (which the
> examples were based on), with BaseDocTemplate, which i used. And
> BaseDocTemplate needs an extra PageTemplate defined. So this code
> basically works:
>
> def generate_pdf(request):
> response = HttpResponse(mimetype='application/pdf')
> response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment;
> filename=somefilename.pdf'
> template = PageTemplate('normal', [Frame(2.5*cm, 2.5*cm, 15*cm,
> 25*cm, id='F1')])
> doc =
> BaseDocTemplate(filename=response,pagesize=A4,pageTemplates=template)
>
> styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
>
> Document = [Paragraph('rd', styles["Title"])]
> Document.append(Spacer(1,50))
>
> doc.build(Document)
>
> return response
>
> Thanks all for the help!
> Sven
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Sven Richter <sver...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hm, what makes me wonder is this one:
> > IndexError at /office/job//admin/job/offer/generate/pdf/
> > This is a url that is not accessible, cause it does not exist, at
> > least i never defined it in any urls.py.
> > Maybe thats the problem? Django tries to access a url which doesnt exist?
> >
> >
> > Greetings
> > Sven
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Sven Richter <sver...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Paulo Almeida
> >> <igcbioinformat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Ok, that is not easy to debug with so little information. Is the
> IndexError
> >>> in views.py? Maybe there is a mistake in urls.py, caused by adding the
> url
> >>> for the generate_pdf view?
> >>
> >> Hm, its indeed hard. I really dont know what that Error will tell me.
> >> My Application is a very basic one. Up to now i do everything in the
> >> admin interface. The only url defined is the one to view the pdf file:
> >>
> >> urls.py:
> >> urlpatterns = patterns('',
> >> # Example:
> >> # (r'^eiwomisa/', include('eiwomisa.foo.urls')),
> >>
> >> # Uncomment the admin/doc line below and add
> 'django.contrib.admindocs'
> >> # to INSTALLED_APPS to enable admin documentation:
> >> # (r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
> >>
> >> # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
> >> (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
> >> (r'^project/task/', include('project.task.urls')),
> >> (r'^office/job/', include('office.job.urls')),
> >> )
> >>
> >> offic/job/urls.py:
> >>
> >> from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
> >>
> >> urlpatterns = patterns('office.job.views',
> >> (r'/offer/generate/pdf/$', 'generate_pdf', '',
> >> 'office_job_generate_offer_pdf'),
> >> )
> >>
> >> and here is my views.py:
> >>
> >> def generate_pdf(request):
> >> response = HttpResponse(mimetype='application/pdf')
> >> response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment;
> filename=somefilename.pdf'
> >>
> >> doc = BaseDocTemplate(filename=response,pagesize=A4)
> >> styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
> >> Document = [Paragraph('rd', styles["Title"])]
> >> Document.append(Spacer(1,50))
> >> date_now = unicode(datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %Y"))
> >> Document.append(Paragraph("PDF created on " + date_now,
> styles["Normal"]))
> >> Document.append(Spacer(1,10))
> >> doc.build(Document)
> >>
> >> I have tried the same "setup" with the canvas.Canvas example from the
> >> django documentation, and it worked. All i changed here is from canvas
> >> to document.
> >>
> >> Greetings
> >> Sven
> >>
> >
>
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