Carl K wrote: > Rob Wolfe wrote: >> Carl K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> I need to take the take the pdf output from reportlab and create a >>> preview image for a web page. so png or something. I am sure >>> ghostscript will be involved. I am guessing PIL or ImageMagic ? >>> >>> all sugestions welcome. >> >> Did you try to use `reportPM` from rl_addons [1]_? This is an >> extension of the reportlab package. >> >> There is also PIL needed and on my linux box >> I needed some additional fonts [2]_. >> >> And then I could create PNG directly from reportlab, e.g: >> >> <code> >> from reportlab.graphics.shapes import Drawing, String >> from reportlab.graphics import renderPM >> >> d = Drawing(400, 200) >> d.add(String(150, 100, 'Hello World', fontSize=18)) >> renderPM.drawToFile(d, 'test.png', 'PNG') >> </code> >> >> .. [1] http://www.reportlab.co.uk/svn/public/reportlab/trunk/rl_addons/ >> .. [2] http://www.reportlab.com/ftp/fonts/pfbfer.zip > > This sounds like what I was looking for. some how this got missed when > I poked around reportlab land. > > Thanks much. > > Carl K
Beware... AFAIK this is only a backend for reportlab graphics drawings, IOW it will render drawings and charts from the reportlab.graphics package but will not render reportlab pdf canvas. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
