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Hi, I''m using pdf/Writer to generate a pdf-file, but whatever I do, it gets saved in folder of my app, and not on the users desktop. I''ve used pdf = PDF::Writer.new pdf.select_font "Times-Roman" pdf.text "Hello.pdf", :font_size => 12, :justification => :left File.open("hello.pdf", "wb") { |f| f.write pdf.render } and Ive used _pdf = PDF::Writer.new _pdf.select_font "Times-Roman"...

...n I can find only deals with static data, manually entered in the controller when using the Simpletable class. It is working, except only the last item in the collection shows in the generated PDF. Any ideas? My code follows: def pdf @item = Item.find(:all) _p = PDF::Writer.new _p.select_font ''Times-Roman'' PDF::SimpleTable.new do |tab| tab.title = "Item List" tab.column_order.push(*%w{item_code item_name item_desc item_cost}) tab.columns["item_code"] = PDF::SimpleTable::Column.new("item_code") { |col| col.heading...

...a PDF document with some images and text. This is the code on my controller: def pdf gen_pdf redirect_to("#{@request.relative_url_root}/pdf/cupones.pdf") end private def gen_pdf pdf = PDF::Writer.new(:paper => "A4") pdf.margins_cm(0) pdf.start_columns(2, 0) pdf.select_font "Times-Roman" 10.times do pdf.open_object do |card| pdf.save_state pdf.image "public/images/card.png", :justification => :left, :width => PDF::Writer.cm2pts(10.5), :height => PDF::Writer.cm2pts(6) #pdf.add_text_wrap(0, pdf.y, PDF::Writer.cm2pts(1...

...pe => "application/pdf", :filename => "notice.pdf", :transfer_encoding => "send_pdf" do |a| a.body = generate_pdf(notice_request) end end def generate_pdf(notice_request) pdf = PDF::Writer.new(:paper => "LETTER") pdf.select_font ''Times-Roman'' pdf.text "HELLO WORLD", :font_size => 17, :justification => :center pdf.move_pointer(5) pdf.render :filename => ''NoticeRequest.pdf'', :type => ''application/pdf'' end end --~--~------...

...y latest attempt. def create_pdf # creates a PDF version of an authors listing. Pass a listing object as the methods parameter. AJ # pdfOfListing = PDF::Writer.new # defaults to a US Letter, portrait, PDF version 1.3 document. AJ pdfOfListing.compressed pdfOfListing.select_font(''Times-Roman'', {:encoding => ''MacRomanEncoding''}) pdfOfListing.text(Iconv.conv("UTF-8", "MacRoman", chapter.chapter_body), :font_size => 12, :justification => :left)) send_data(pdfOfListing.render, :filename => li...

Hi, I need PDF creation in Rails and decided for RFPDF. Everything works quite nice the only problem is that I can''t display ä,ö,ü in the pdf documents. I found a tutorial that says that I have to create a font config file with MakeFont. I did it, but now I don''t now where to put al this files. Does anyone has experience with creating PDFs in Rails with ä,ü,ö letters? Thx

...enerate a pdf report that contains a table. The report is 14 pages, and it takes 20s to be rendered. Most of these 20s are spend in the render_on method. I wonder if it is possible to speed up that process? To create the report, I do the following: 1) Setup pdf layout: # Setup pdf layout pdf.select_font("Helvetica", { :encoding => "WinAnsiEncoding"}) pdf.text " ", :font_size => 12, :justification => :center s = 9 t = ''Seite <PAGENUM>'' y = pdf.absolute_bottom_margin - 5 x = pdf.absolute_right_margin x...

In a new app we are developing, we need to be able to dynamically create a PDF and send it to the browser (inline with send_data). I have been tinkering with PDF::Writer and love the simplicity and native ruby-ness of it all. However, one of the main uses for this functionality is to output a PDF of addresses to be printed on Avery 5161 labels. LaTex seems to be suited well for this, but it