I am going try things out again when I get a chance. This stuff is just great. I love the fact that we build on a solid API so in the end we get the GUI and command line and API access for developers and the blind. It totally rocks!!!
Markmin to PDF would be very interesting as well.. Chris On May 27, 12:08 pm, Mariano Reingart <reing...@gmail.com> wrote: > Regarding PyFPDF: > > Headers should be rendered. > > Tables need at least a first TH, prior any TD, who indicates column > width (and it is wise to use THEAD and TBODY when you have multiple > pages), see:http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/WriteHTML > > <table border="0" align="center" width="50%"> > <thead><tr><th width="30%">Header 1</th><th width="70%">header > 2</th></tr></thead> > <tbody> > <tr><td>cell 1</td><td>cell 2</td></tr> > <tr><td>cell 2</td><td>cell 3</td></tr> > </tbody> > </table> > > I'm planning to fix this issues, to cover more basic html conversions. > > You can see what can do pyfpdf in this > file:http://pyfpdf.googlecode.com/files/html.pdf > > BTW, did you see the new visual designer of pdf templates? > > http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/Templates?ts=1306512231&updated=... > > It is a wx application, and I'm planning to connect it using DAL to > ease template/report generation (I think this is much easier and > manageable way than converting html). > > Best regards, > > Mariano Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.com > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Massimo Di Pierro > > <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There are still problems...it does not render headers and tables... > > > On May 26, 11:06 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> I just made a change to trunk about. the new generic.pdf uses pyfpdf > >> and it is smart in locating files for including images. > > >> massimo > > >> On May 26, 10:44 pm, Christopher Steel <chris.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > I think report.pdf required reportlab? Massimo had an application for > >> > creating forms that used markmin and latex. > > >> > This web2py app includes a plugin that implements an assortment of pdf > >> > stuff (mostly your implementation of pyfpdf and the report.pdf, was > >> > that a Google thing?. > > >> > Anyway the plugin is handy for testing and experimenting and includes > >> > some other PDF examples, one with a different font. > > >> >http://code.google.com/p/uc-pyfpdf/ > > >> > If you need some testing let me know, I love PDF's > > >> > Cheers, > > >> > Chris > > >> > On May 26, 3:48 pm, Mariano Reingart <reing...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > Putting the following code in generic.pdf and getting report.pdf does > >> > > not work? > >> > > (also, per default there is a generic.pdf made by massimo that uses > >> > > markmin and latex if I remember it correctly) > > >> > > from gluon.contrib.pyfpdf import FPDF, HTMLMixin > >> > > from gluon.sanitizer import sanitize > > >> > > class MyFPDF(FPDF, HTMLMixin): > >> > > pass > > >> > > pdf=MyFPDF() > >> > > pdf.add_page() > >> > > html=response.render('%s/%s.html' % > >> > > (request.controller,request.function)) > >> > > html = sanitize(html, escape=False) > >> > > pdf.write_html(html) > >> > > response.headers['Content-Type']='application/pdf' > >> > > response.write(pdf.output(dest='S'), escape=False) > > >> > > Mariano > >> > > Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.comOnThu, > >> > > May 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, luifran <lbernalhernan...@yahoo.es> wrote: > >> > > > if I have a view , for example report.html, how I render this view in > >> > > > pdf with the generic pdf? > > >> > > > On 4 oct 2010, 17:08, Mariano Reingart <reing...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:10 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > I am sure this can also be done and better with pyfpdf but I have > >> > > >> > not > >> > > >> > tried. Perhaps Mariano can help us > > >> > > >> Having latest web2py versions (including pyfpdf), write in a > >> > > >> views/generic.pdf: > > >> > > >> ---- begin file ---- > >> > > >> {{ > > >> > > >> from gluon.contrib.pyfpdf import FPDF, HTMLMixin > >> > > >> from gluon.sanitizer import sanitize > > >> > > >> class MyFPDF(FPDF, HTMLMixin): > >> > > >> pass > > >> > > >> pdf=MyFPDF()pdf.add_page() > >> > > >> html=response.render('%s/%s.html' % > >> > > >> (request.controller,request.function)) > >> > > >> html = sanitize(html, escape=False)pdf.write_html(html) > >> > > >> response.headers['Content-Type']='application/pdf' > >> > > >> response.write(pdf.output(dest='S'), escape=False) > > >> > > >> }} > > >> > > >> ---- end file--- > > >> > > >> At MyFPDF class you can add headers and footers. > > >> > > >> The sanitize part is to strip some HTML tags that cannot be rendered > >> > > >> (ie. javascript). > > >> > > >> As some DIVs contents and similar may still pass (like menus), a > >> > > >> better alternative may be render only certains portions of the page > >> > > >> in > >> > > >> a custom view: > > >> > > >> pdf.write_html(str(XML(CENTER(section), sanitize=False))) > > >> > > >> Best regards, > > >> > > >> Mariano > >> > > >> Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.com > >
