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Hey folks, Unfortunately I''m not at RailsConf but if there are enough people interested in PDF generation in Ruby / Rails, please consider using the BoF sessions or some other time to get together and share thoughts about how PDF generation in Ruby can be better, and then have someone post notes from your discussions to the Prawn mailing list[0]. There are already a bunch of folks

Hi list, I see almost all people here uses PDF::Writer for generating pdf documents with rails. I used it too at first, but am using both now and would like to see some advantages and shortfalls you came using each of these two packages. Here are my thoughts for now: PDF::Writer: - extensive documentation - writen using ruby conventions - easy to use - some bugs with embeding fonts prevent

Hi there, Can anybody show me (maybe copy/paste a simple code example) how to create the .pdf file from an existing (.xls) file, using the Prawn gem? Basically, I''d need the command that takes an existing (.xls) file to save it as a .pdf, afterwards. (I''m asking because the Prawn documentation at http://prawn.majesticseacreature.com/docs/ seems to be gone since quite a while -

Hello: when i use Prawn to generate pdf file for download, i got a blank pdf file, can someone tell me why? require ''prawn'' class DownloadController < ApplicationController def download_pdf send_data(generate_pdf, :filename => ''test.pdf'', :type => ''application/pdf'') end private def generate_pdf

I have a requirement to generate views (list and show views, including data and uploaded images) into a format that can be saved and/or emailed. I''m looking for opinions on the easiest way to achieve this. I''ve researched the use of both PDF::Writer and Prawn, and it seems that to re-generate my views in pdf format will require a lot of work. Is there an easier way using .rtf

hi, everyone, i have googled around for some pdf generators. Found 1) PDF::Writer which is a little dated 2) Rupdf (http://scoop.simplyexcited.co.uk//2007/12/15/rupdf-simple- ruby-pdf-rails-plugin/ and http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/rupdf) - it''s a little dated. Last revision was on 15th of Dec, 2007. Any recommendations for pdf generators? thank you -- You received this

Hi Guys I need help.. I want to making 1 controller for covert html to pdf.. But that html have amchart (swf). When I tried convert, the swf not loadded... Any body can help me Please???? -- Senior Rails Developer Anton Effendi - Wu You Duan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send

submit.pdf.prawn files pdf.text "successfully submitted" form controller file def index @forms = Form.all respond_to do |format| format.html end end def submit respond_to do |format| format.pdf {render } end end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on

Hi folks, A new release of Prawn is out, with some bug fixes and a couple backported features from edge. This release is API-compatible with 0.2.0, so please do upgrade! Release notes at: http://blog.majesticseacreature.com/archives/2008.10/prawn_0_2_1-2.html Enjoy! -greg -- Technical Blaag at: http://blog.majesticseacreature.com | Non-tech stuff at: http://metametta.blogspot.com

Dear All, i am developing an application with rails 3, and now i need to generate a pdf file,i search a lot, and try a lot ,such as prawn ,PDFkit and so on, it seems that prawn is no response in rails3, and when i use PDFKit, it asked me to install wkhtmltopdf first, i try to install this,but failed, anyone can help me ? Thanks very much. Daisy -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --

Hi ALL, Greetings!!! It''s been great to see you all sharing/discussing/suggestions the topics about Ruby on Rails (RoR). About US: Before that, I''ve introduced myself. I''m K.Saravana Kumar, HR for one of the upgrowing software company , Chennai. Our company name is RailsFactory. We are in the market for almost 1.5 yrs. We are working for more US,UK clients and

hi all, im using ruby FPDF to generate my pdf. the problem im facing now is i need to use some new font that is not included in basic fpdf font. then i have generated the font using the makefont.rb. but then i dont know how to define the font_path in ruby. the font work great in PHP-FPDF. Is anybody there had solved the problem im facing now. ** sorry for my english ... -- Posted via

Hello, with PHP I often generating PDF documents with the FPDF library. This library is ported to Rails and work fine for my tasks until now. Now I have to edit and extends some PDF master drafts with some text. Under PHP I using FPDI for this task. Now I can''t find a port of FPDI to Ruby. Anybody know an other gem for editing PDF master drafts? If no, can anybody help me, porting FPDI

require ''prawn'' require ''prawn/core'' require ''prawn/layout'' Prawn::Document.new do |pdf| subtable = pdf.make_table([[ "foo", "bar" ], [ "baz", "bax" ]], :column_widths => [ 50, 50 ]) { column(0).background_color = "808080" cells.borders = []

Is anyone aware of a ruby program for manipulating existing PDF files. All the ones I''ve looked at start from scratch. PHP fpdf has an extention for this called fpdi. Thanks, Mike -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk"

Dear Max, Yes, I have modified line no 5 with include_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/lib/fpdf.php'); But I can not also see export to csv or export to pdf option from download cdr data as I required within date. -- With Regards, Hiren Mistry

Hi everybody, I''m trying to use the prawn gem into a new rails3 application on debian. What I did: As root: - install rubygems, from http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/73882/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz - gem install rails - gem install prawn - gem install pdf-reader - gem list | grep prawn => prawn (0.8.4) prawn-core (0.8.4) prawn-layout (0.8.4)

Hi there, I''m looking for a powerful pdf creation libary. I already tried: prawn - Nice handling but way too slow when lots of tables are involved PDFKit - too slow Actually I''m trying prince with xml input. It''s pretty fast but I don''t like the page-break control. I need a libary which can create pdf''s with up to 90 pages with lots of nested

Hi, Chauk-Mean and all - I have just ported everything to 10.04 ubuntu, and I am pleased to note that I was able to use prepackaged stuff almost everywhere. Yes, it was painful before I figured it out. :) I used apt-get to install ruby-1.8.7, all the wx libraries (including the dev header packages) I uninstalled the debian rubygems package completely and installed rubygems-1.4.1 from the

Hi, I am working on a project where I need to generate a chart (a bit like a pie chart, but very customised) and insert this into a PDF document. Does anybody have any advice on ruby libraries (or other techniques) for doing this? Open to suggestions? The resulting PDF will be designed for printing and so ideally should be vector throughout (or any raster images 300dpi). I was thinking of some