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Hi All, I generate 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"})

Having read over the ruby pdf generation (simple reporting) options, I think Pdf::Writer will do just fine... ..if the following is possible On page 13 of (the really expansive) ::Writer manual, Replacement Tags are detailed. Before I jump into this tomorrow, I''m hoping for some triage sage advice. Finally, the question : "Would utilizing Replacement Tags be a suitable

Greetings all - happy new year, I''m having problems getting Pdf::Writer image insertion. pdf.image "/path/to/images/logo.jpg" is firing "JPEG marker not found!" Originally created the RGB (8 bit) JPEG in photoshop. After the above, I''ve exported with an alternate tool using (OSX) preview. This tutorial

Is anyone using Pdf::Writer? I don know how to insert html tags in a pdf using Pdf::Writer, except <b> and <i> I think an idea is with Pdf::TechBook but i hadn''t seen any example till now. -- Cheers, ioana k&a http://boulangerie.wordpress.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I am trying to use an OCRB font in pdf::writer. So, I managed to install the font on a debian linux. The first line in OCR font is appearing on the pdf, but I get an error-message: "The font ''OCRBLT'' contains a bad /BBox". Someone ever had this problem? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Does anyone knows how to embed Type1 font with PDF::Writer? I read manual, tried everything but nothing seems to work (The font ''FontName'' contains a bad /BBox error on PDF). any help or hint would be really appreciated, Bojan Mihelac -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. | www.informatikamihelac.com -> tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab:

i am trying to generate a pdf of all of the users in an application that i have built. i am still pretty new to ruby and rails so i don''t know the best way to go about it. here is my controller code: require ''pdf/writer'' require ''pdf/simpletable'' class ReportsController < ApplicationController def test _pdf = PDF::Writer.new table =

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I''m using the ruby gem "Color" and I''m having some troubles with to_hex. I''ve installed the gem, and when I try and run the test program I get this error: >> red = Color.new(''ff0000'') => #<Color:0x3685990 @saturation=1.0, @hue=0.0, @lightness=0.5> >> yellow = Color.new(''ffff00'') =>

I posted this to comp.lang.ruby and comp.lang.smalltalk, and my blog. I will likely get destroyed, but it will be worth it if at least one nugget of information helps the Ruby IDE makers. ----------------------------------------- Hi all -- I shout my question to the entire Ruby + Smalltalk community: Smalltalk has had amazing IDEs for decades, why not Ruby? Smalltalkers, Ruby needs your help!

A friend and I are just in the process of trying to create PDFs on the fly. This isn''t in itself too hard, but we have some repeating images that are being put in over and over again. It''s increasing file size too much unfortunately. Does anyone know the best way to ensure file size is kept to a minimum for this scenario? We know about linking to a URI, but the problem with

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

Hello. I installed under Ubuntu (Dapper) Park Place. I followed the instructions given at the RedHanded site. I get the following mongrel error when launching the application: ** Please login in with `admin'' and password `pass@word1'' ** You should change the default password or delete the admin at soonest chance!/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-0.3.12.5/lib/mongrel.rb:584:in

I''m researching generating PDF files via RoR. I see there are packages available to do this. One such package is the PDF-Writer. The examples I saw for this package save the PDF to a file. Is there a way I can output the PDF on-the-fly to the browser rather than having a temporary PDF file? I just can''t have these files laying around since they contain sensitive

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Hi- I need to create PDF docs on the fly with data from a database. I see couple of options floating around to achieve this in Ruby. Can anyone recommend the best way to do this? Also any helpful hints or sample programs will be appreciated. Thanks Thila -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello, I am having performance issues ending with a ''time out'' from Apache when I try to generate a PDF file using pdf-writer. It seems to happen at the render_on(pdf) function call ; the table I am trying to draw has 8 colums which values are generated on the fly. Can''t find anything about pdf-writer and the ''time out'' on the Web so far. Any

In my rails app I need to create pdf reports on the fly. I have installed railspdf, wich is working fine. But, how can I create tables and paragraphs and stuff? Can I mimic an .rhtml file (using <% for ...%> etc? Or is it wise to use Ruby::PDF directly? Is there anyone out there with experience in this, and who is willing to share his findings? Thx -- Posted via

Before I get flamed, I just want to start off by saying that I am new to Ruby and I really enjoy this language and want to see it succeed. But, what niche does this language fill? These are serious question, not a put down of the language. Does it has something to offer for Web 2.0? Is it just another scripting language? Does it suppose to replace something else? Does it suppose to work with

Hi, For my app i need to generate pdf file for reports. I am trying the railspdf plugin, got it installed using command: ruby script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/railspdfplugin/railspdf/ The problem is that when i re-started my webrick it won''t run, with errors messages like this (shown only first message): *D:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5