PDF::EasyPDF 0.04

PDF::EasyPDF allows PDF creation from a one-file module, with postscript-like controls.

SYNOPSIS

use PDF::EasyPDF;

my $pdf = PDF::EasyPDF->new({file=>"mypdffile.pdf",x=>mm(297),y=>mm(210)});

$pdf->setStrokeColor("CC0000");

$pdf->setStrokeWidth(8);

$pdf->rectangle(mm(10),mm(10),mm(297-20),mm(210-20));

$pdf->setFillColor("FFCC00");

$pdf->filledRectangle(mm(20),mm(20),mm(297-40),mm(210-40));

$pdf->setFillColor("CC0000");

$pdf->setFontFamily("Helvetica-Bold");

$pdf->setFontSize(24);

$pdf->text(mm(105),mm(210-22.5),"PDF::EasyPDF Demo");

$pdf->lines(mm(85),mm(35),mm(90),mm(105),mm(95),mm(35),mm(100),mm(105),mm(105),mm(35),mm(110),mm(105));

$pdf->setStrokeColor("000099");

$pdf->curve(300,300,300,400,400,400,400,300);

$pdf->setStrokeColor("0066FF");

$pdf->setFillColor("00FFFF");

$pdf->polygon(100,100,250,200,250,400,200,500);

$pdf->filledPolygon(100,100,250,200,250,400,200,500);

$pdf->close;

This module started life as a workaround, on discovering that PDF::API2 and friends are extremely tricky to compile using Activestate's PerlApp utility because of the large number of runtime modules and resource files they use. The module consists of a single .pm file. It produces small PDF files, partly because it only uses the 14 standard PDF fonts. Page content is implemented using a single stream object, and the controls are vaguely postscript-like.

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