Hi all, I had created this open source project - xtopdf - http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtopdf - some time ago. It's a toolkit
to help with conversion of other file formats to PDF. The current tools in xtopdf are available as both end-user command-line tools, and as a library (in both procedural and object-oriented versions) for use by developers in their own apps. Its written in Python (needs V2.2 or higher) and uses the open source version of the Reportlab toolkit (http://www.reportlab.org - needs V1.17 or higher) for the PDF generation. Initially I had included support for plain text and .DBF (XBase) files as input formats. The current version of xtopdf is 1.0 and is in a stable state. Recently I've added support for CSV and ODBC as input formats (still to be uploaded to the site, after some cleanup, refactoring and testing). I also have a few other related enhancements / extensions which I'm working on, and will mention on this group after getting at least a proof-of-concept working. Meanwhile, please give your suggestions for additional features or input formats for xtopdf. I can't promise to implement all (or any) of them - depends on the feasibility, how easy or difficult I find it, and so on, but will consider all reasonable suggestions seriously and see if I can implement some of them. I'd also welcome comments on the xtopdf code itself, from people who know Python well. I wrote it soon after learning a little Python, so it may not be written in a very Pythonic or idiomatic style. As I go along, I plan to incorporate more Pythonic style of doing things into the code, including stuff like new-style classes, generators/yield, etc. - anything that makes sense and seems appropriate, not just for the sake of adding it. I'll create a Credits page in the xtopdf tarball and site, and give due credit to anyone who suggests features, input formats, or code improvements (or reports bugs:-). Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vasudev Ram --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal site: http://www.geocities.com/vasudevram Open source projects: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtopdf - tools for conversion of other file formats to PDF http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtopdf - tools for conversion of other file formats to RTF Profile and way to contact me: http://www.gojobby.com/Jobby/Resume/?user=454 Blog on software innovation: http://jugad.livejournal.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
