Dear All,
How to export a dataset to PDF file. I wrote the following code for
exporting a dataset to pdf file. I want the column name and column
seperators(leave space for each column),Please find the attatched file,
i want to seperate the values as explaned.How the same will be applied
in NetBeans IDE.
def prints
@records = Company.find(:all)
_pdf = PDF::Writer.new
_pdf.select_font "Times-Roman"
@records.each do |company|
_pdf.text company.name + company.com_address1 +
company.com_address2,:border=>''1''
end
send_data _pdf.render, :filename => "hello.pdf",
:type => "application/pdf"
end
AnyOne Knows please let me know.
Regards
R.Devi
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Devy, How to export a dataset to PDF file. I wrote the following code for You may consider switching to the prawn library, to generate your pdr. See the railscast (10:04) http://railscasts.com/episodes/153-pdfs-with-prawn and its ascii version http://asciicasts.com/episodes/153-pdfs-with-prawn There is a short comparison/example of table -> pdf with both libraries here : http://groups.google.com/group/pdf-writer/browse_thread/thread/5bc8de74e1a7d3c5 Alain Ravet --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi Alain I tried prawn for pdf creation. 1. gem install prawn 2. script/plugin install git://github.com/thorny-sun/prawnto.git 2. In environment.rb file add the line config.gem ''prawn'' 3. i wrote in the following code in "show.pdf.prawn" it''s located in(/app/view/orders/show.pdf.prawn) pdf.text "Hello, World!" 4. In my controller is def show end 5. http://localhost:3001/orders/show 6. In this aspect where to give the file name? How to create simple pdf file using prawn library i followed this url but can create the simple file this format def show Prawn::Document.generate "hello-ttf.pdf" do fill_color "0000ff" text "Hello World", :at => [200,720], :size => 32 text "This is chalkboard wrapping " * 20 end end Regards R.Devi -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---