Rails - Dec 2005 - PDF Shipping Order Document Creation - Help, willing to pay...

ROR Community,
   
  I have to create a PDF document.  I have looked at the various tools and I
think PDF::Writer is the way I want to go.
   
  However, in looking through the demo''s, etc... I don''t see
how to easily create the type of documents that I need without specifying every
single coordinate along the way!!!  I''ll do my best to describe:
   
  It is a pretty standard two page shipping order.  It has a logo, address,
etc.. at the top.  The remaining is a combination of Labels and Cells that
contain data from the database.  For example, I have a row with Date, Agent,
Order Number, Referred by.  This row is not enclosed with any border.  The next
row will have the values corresponding to the above labels, each enclosed in a
box.  This type of pattern repeats throughout the portion of page one with
different label and cell values.
   
  On the next page, I have the type of product ordered.  It is a choice, and
based on the product from my database, the proper one needs to have an
"X" or a checkmark in it.  Example:
   
  Product A (  ) +  Special Fee ________ = Total Cost ________ 
  Product B (  ) + Special Fee  ________ = Total Cost ________
  Product C (X) + Special Fee   $100.00   = Total Cost $XXX.XX
   
  Make sense?  In the example above, the customer ordered Product C.  I need
this done quickly.  Right now, I am losing a lot of time and accuracy by having
to rekey values from my Rails app into an OpenOffice document, then save as PDF
and then email!
   
  If you have an example of how to do this, or are willing to do it for me at
fee then email me your fixed bid price and when you can have it done and
I''ll send you a sample document.  You don''t have to worry
about pulling the values out of the database - I''ll take your sample
and do this.  Just make sure it is written in such a way that I can pull in the
values.
   
  Thanks,
   
  Michael
   

		
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Michael-

This isn''t a direct answer to your question but...  What if you render 
the form as HTML and print to PDF.  If you have Acrobat, just print to 
the Acrobat PDF generator.  If you don''t, I think you can render an
HTML
page in OpenOffice then print to PDF there.

I''m going to get started on a PDF::Writer usage here soon but
won''t be
much help until I read up more on it.

   Jake

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