Create PDF from your application

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

Hi ErikE83,

I don't know the solution (yet) but it has something to do with the byte offset not being correct inside the PDF

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/998718

Open the file and save it .. and the problem is solved ..

 

Edit : Foxit PDFReader does not want to save the file  when closing

Edited September 26, 2013 by Emiel Wieldraaijer

[corgano]

Is there any documentation available for this?

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

See UDF and Examples

[Qwerty212]

Hello again from Barcelona

I'm doing a little script to pass data from an Excel file to a PDF and also create and embed QR codes inside the PDF file.

I read the data from the Excel succefully and I do also create the QR codes as .bmp images (because we can't create pure pdf qr codes yet with this method)

As the Excel file is generated as report by another program, the amount of data will be different everytime.

I'm trying to add data to the PDF as I'm getting it from the excel file, but I have noticed that I just can not begin a pdf page, load the image that I have just created and insert it in the right place in the pdf:

_BeginPage();I do start the page
Sleep(25)
_LoadResImage("Cod", @ScriptDir & "\QR\1.bmp")
Sleep(25)
_InsertImage("Cod", 16, 26, 3.5, 3.5)

The code above doesn't work.

If you do this:

_LoadResImage("Cod", @ScriptDir & "\QR\1.bmp")
Sleep(25)
_BeginPage()
_InsertImage("Cod", 16, 26, 3.5, 3.5)

It works like a charm.

Any hint or clue about how can I create the page first and load the images as I'm creating the QR codes?

Thanks in advance.

[vinyking]

I am new to Autoit. - I have alltogether 2 weeks expossure and few codding expereience,

I will like to print /Save a web page in PDF format. only wondering if this could be achieed.

Any help will be appreciated.

Vin

[ShawnW]

Well looks like I stumbled on a need for this a year to late since the original poster seems to not be around anymore but I just want to say Awesome Work!!!

Some improvements that are needed from what I have seen so far, and I may have to write them myself for what I need are...

• Make _ClosePDFFile() clear the buffers so that resources from one pdf do not get loaded into subsequent pdfs and cause larger and larger files the more you create.
• Since all the stuff gets written at the end, and since order maters as seen in >#224, why not keep a separate buffer for resources that you can put in order later when writing. That way you can loop through some data and dynamically load and insert images within a page, rather than loop to load, then start the page and loop again to insert.

Other notes that are just me being picky

• take udf out of the name, no other udf has udf in the name.
• Start the function names with a common identifier like _MPDFDrawLine, _MPDFPath,... So users can easily know what the function is referencing.

[Qwerty212]

 

Well looks like I stumbled on a need for this a year to late since the original poster seems to not be around anymore but I just want to say Awesome Work!!!

Some improvements that are needed from what I have seen so far, and I may have to write them myself for what I need are...

• Make _ClosePDFFile() clear the buffers so that resources from one pdf do not get loaded into subsequent pdfs and cause larger and larger files the more you create.
• Since all the stuff gets written at the end, and since order maters as seen in >#224, why not keep a separate buffer for resources that you can put in order later when writing. That way you can loop through some data and dynamically load and insert images within a page, rather than loop to load, then start the page and loop again to insert.

Other notes that are just me being picky

• take udf out of the name, no other udf has udf in the name.
• Start the function names with a common identifier like _MPDFDrawLine, _MPDFPath,... So users can easily know what the function is referencing.

 

Any chance of getting no compression on images embedded?

Thanks a lot for keeping the work.

[ryadical]

I think I may have found a bug but I was wondering if perhaps I just need to modify the example code. I used the included example file (Example_Image2PDF.au3) to try and convert a multi-page TIF file and it only converted the first page. Can anyone with more knowledge of TIF, PDF and MPDF_UDF chime in on where they think the problem might be?

I have not done much digging into the MPDF code to see if I could figure out how to do it. I did find an example on changing a multipage tiff to pdf using 3 different DLL's ( I would rather keep using this UDF because I am also converting other image files as well. 

[dmob]

@ryadical

I use IrfanView via its command line interface to temporarily extract the pages then process them individually in a loop.

[mLipok]

I am new to Autoit. - I have alltogether 2 weeks expossure and few codding expereience,

I will like to print /Save a web page in PDF format. only wondering if this could be achieed.

Any help will be appreciated.

Vin

 

search forum for PDFCreator

[bdr529]

I'm sorry but I do not write in English 

I need to google translator 

I read this document

http://books.google.it/books?id=1TpDgwNGIK8C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=cross-reference+table+corrupted+file+pdf&source=bl&ots=oFAVUiJD-T&sig=RWW2bQkS04Q-v7U5aMTK4qwY944&hl=it&sa=X&ei=hogcU_-iEqvpywO654DgBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=cross-reference%20table%20corrupted%20file%20pdf&f=false

 

I edited the original file release 1.0.3

I changed

 

all @crlf

whit

chr(10)

 

Global $PDF_VERSION = "%PDF-1.5" & @CRLF & "%" & ChrW(199) & ChrW(200) & ChrW(201) & ChrW(202)

whit

Global $PDF_VERSION = "%PDF-1.5" & chr(10) & "%" & ChrW(226) & ChrW(227) & ChrW(207) & ChrW(211)

 

into Func _BeginPage

__ToBuffer("<< /Length " & $intPage + 2 & " 0 R >>" & @CRLF & "stream")

whit

__ToBuffer("<<"&chr(10)&"/Length >>stream")

 

into Func _ClosePDFFile()

__ToBuffer("xref")

__ToBuffer("0 " & $_iMaxObject+1)

__ToBuffer("0000000000 65535 f")

For $i = 1 To $_iMaxObject

__ToBuffer($aXREF[$i])

Next

__ToBuffer("trailer" & @CRLF & _

"<< /Size " & $_iMaxObject + 1 & "/Info 1 0 R" & "/Root 2 0 R" & ">>")

__ToBuffer("startxref" & @CRLF & StringLen("startxref" & @CRLF & $_Buffer & "%%EOF" & @CRLF) + 6)

$_FileName = FileOpen($PDF_NAME,18)

FileWrite($_FileName, $_Buffer & "%%EOF" & @CRLF)

FileClose($_FileName)

If $_bOpen Then ShellExecute($PDF_NAME)

whit

dim $position_xref=stringlen($_Buffer)

__ToBuffer("xref")

__ToBuffer("0 " & $_iMaxObject+1)

__ToBuffer("0000000000 65535 f"&chr(13))

For $i = 1 To $_iMaxObject

__ToBuffer($aXREF[$i]&chr(13))

Next

__ToBuffer("trailer" & chr(10) & _

"<< /Size " & $_iMaxObject + 1 & "/Info 1 0 R" & "/Root 2 0 R" & ">>")

__ToBuffer("startxref" & chr(10) & $position_xref & chr(10) & "%%EOF")

$_FileName = FileOpen($PDF_NAME,18)

FileWrite($_FileName, $_Buffer)

FileClose($_FileName)

$_Pages = ""

$_sPage = ""

$_sFONT = ""

$_Image = ""

$_sObject = ""

$_iResource = ""

$_Buffer = ""

If $_bOpen Then ShellExecute($PDF_NAME)

 

into Func _LoadResImage

__ToBuffer("<</Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Name /" & $sImgAlias & " /Width " & $_iImageW & " /Height " & $_iImageH & " /Filter /DCTDecode /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8" & " /Length " & $iObj + 1 & " 0 R" & ">>")

__ToBuffer("stream" & @CRLF & $ImgBuf & @CRLF & "endstream")

whit

__ToBuffer("<</Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Name /" & $sImgAlias & " /Width " & $_iImageW & " /Height " & $_iImageH & " /Filter /DCTDecode /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8"&chr(10)&"/Length "&stringlen($ImgBuf)&">>stream")

__ToBuffer($ImgBuf)

__ToBuffer("endstream")

 

into Func _StartObject

__ToBuffer("<< /Type /XObject /Subtype /Form /FormType 1 /Name /" & $sAlias & " /BBox [" & __ToStr($__SetMargin) & " " & __ToStr($__SetMargin) & " " & __ToStr($_PageWidth - $__SetMargin) & " " & __ToStr($_PageHeight - $__SetMargin) & "] /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] /Length " & $i + 1 & " 0 R >>" & @CRLF & _

"stream")

whit

__ToBuffer("<< /Type /XObject /Subtype /Form /FormType 1 /Name /" & $sAlias & " /BBox [" & __ToStr($__SetMargin) & " " & __ToStr($__SetMargin) & " " & __ToStr($_PageWidth - $__SetMargin) & " " & __ToStr($_PageHeight - $__SetMargin) & "] /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0]"&chr(10)&"/Length >>stream")

 

into Func __InitObj

$aXREF[$iObj] = StringRight("0000000000" & StringLen($_Buffer)+$_Offset+$iObj+1, 10) & " 00000 n"

whit

$aXREF[$iObj] = StringRight("0000000000" & StringLen($_Buffer), 10) & " 00000 n"

 

into Func _EndObject()

$_iTmpOffset = $_Offset - $_iTmpOffset

__ToBuffer("endstream")

__EndObj()

__InitObj()

__ToBuffer($_iTmpOffset)

__EndObj()

whit

$_iTmpOffset = $_Offset - $_iTmpOffset

__ToBuffer("endstream")

__EndObj()

dim $aArray1=_StringBetween($_Buffer,"/Length >>stream","endstream")

dim $stringlen

for $i=0 to ubound($aArray1)-1

$stringlen=$stringlen+stringlen($aArray1[$i])

next

$_Buffer=StringReplace($_Buffer,"/Length >>stream","/Length "&$stringlen-1&">>stream")

__InitObj()

__ToBuffer($_iTmpOffset)

__EndObj()

 

into Func _EndPage()

$_iTmpOffset = $_Offset - $_iTmpOffset

__ToBuffer("endstream")

__EndObj()

; Scrie dimensiunea

__InitObj()

__ToBuffer($_iTmpOffset)

__EndObj()

whit

$_iTmpOffset = $_Offset - $_iTmpOffset

__ToBuffer("endstream")

__EndObj()

dim $aArray1=_StringBetween($_Buffer,"/Length >>stream","endstream")

dim $stringlen

for $i=0 to ubound($aArray1)-1

$stringlen=$stringlen+stringlen($aArray1[$i])

next

$_Buffer=StringReplace($_Buffer,"/Length >>stream","/Length "&$stringlen-1&">>stream")

; Scrie dimensiunea

__InitObj()

__ToBuffer($_iTmpOffset)

__EndObj()

 

so my pdf files are compatible with "Acrobat Reader X" and "flipping pdf reader" and "sumatra pdf" and "pdf-xchange viewer"

I am attaching the modified file udf

 

 

MPDF_UDF.au3

[Emiel Wieldraaijer]

@bdr529

Perfect

Edited March 12, 2014 by Emiel Wieldraaijer

[Qwerty212]

@bdr529

[auzpater]

hi, I found some bugs using the function _Paragraph: 

 

1. Carriage return does not appear 
2. Accented characters space

 

here is the code to test it, and the screenshot of pdf generated with bugs

 

#include "MPDF_UDF.au3"

$sTxt = "these accented characters: à ì ò ù it is creating problems"
$sTxt2 = "Another problem with the carriage return,"&@CRLF&"which is not displayed"
$fileName = @ScriptDir&"\___prova.pdf"

; set the properties for the pdf -----------------------------------------------------
_SetTitle("titolo")
_OpenAfter(True);open after generation
_SetUnit($PDF_UNIT_CM)
_SetPaperSize("A4")
_SetZoomMode($PDF_ZOOM_CUSTOM,65)
_SetOrientation($PDF_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
_SetLayoutMode($PDF_LAYOUT_TWO)

;initialize the pdf
_InitPDF($fileName)

;fonts:
_LoadFontTT("_Arial", $PDF_FONT_ARIAL)
_LoadFontTT("_TimesT", $PDF_FONT_TIMES)
_LoadFontTT("_Calibri", $PDF_FONT_CALIBRI)
_LoadFontTT("_Garamond", $PDF_FONT_GARAMOND)

;start a page
_BeginPage()

_Paragraph($sTxt2, 1, 24, 10, "_Arial", 14, 0)
_Paragraph("_Arial: "&$sTxt, 1, 22, 10, "_Arial", 14, 0)
_Paragraph("_TimesT: "&$sTxt, 1, 20, 10, "_TimesT", 14, 0)
_Paragraph("_Calibri: "&$sTxt, 1, 18, 10, "_Calibri", 14, 0)
_Paragraph("_Garamond: "&$sTxt, 1, 16, 10, "_Garamond", 14, 0)

_EndPage()

_ClosePDFFile()

 

 

Does anyone have suggestions?

[BlackShadow]

I have been using the version modified by bdr529 successfully, but I have a slight issue with the image quality that I can't seem to figure out.

I'm not sure if large JPG images gets degraded when added to a PDF, one big image per page, or if there is some other issue. But when I look at the PDF (in FoxIt) the images there have a lower quality than the original JPGs.

The actual code is pretty small and simple: (Xmax and Ymax is the size in pixels of the JPG)

_SetTitle("PDF")
                _SetSubject("PDF")
                _SetKeywords("PDF")
                _OpenAfter(True);open after generation
                _SetUnit($PDF_UNIT_CM)
                _SetPaperSize("CUSTOM",$Xmax, $Ymax)
                _SetZoomMode($PDF_ZOOM_FULLPAGE)
                _SetOrientation($PDF_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
                _SetLayoutMode($PDF_LAYOUT_CONTINOUS)

                ;initialize the pdf
                _InitPDF(@ScriptDir & "\PDF.pdf")

                $time = @YEAR & @MON & @MDAY & @HOUR & @MIN & @SEC

                For $i = 1 to $pageCount
                    _LoadResImage("img"&$time&$i, @ScriptDir & "\tmp\" & $i & ".jpg")
                Next
                For $i = 1 to $pageCount
                    _BeginPage()
                        ;scale image to paper size!
                        _InsertImage("img"&$time&$i, 0, 0, _GetPageWidth()/_GetUnit(), _GetPageHeight()/_GetUnit())
                    _EndPage()
                Next
                _ClosePDFFile()

On a sidenote, there is a small issue with MPDF when it comes to making several PDF without restarting, this is easily solved by resetting the page count with:

Global $_Pages = 0 ; 

Which prob should have been done in _InitPDF.

[rsnuke]

I'm using the latest; 

 Title .........: MIPDF

; AutoIt Version : 3.3.6.1

; Description ...: Generate pdf using just AutoIt functions.

; Author(s) .....: Mihai Iancu (taietel at yahoo dot com)

; Version .......: 1.0.3

; Last Rev. .....: August 10, 2011

 

It seems like in the latest Autoit3 v3.3.12   _Iif is undefined? How do we fix this?  

 

_Iif($_sFONT <> "", "/Font<<" & $_sFONT & ">>", "") & _

MPDF_UDF.au3"(252,54) : error: _Iif(): undefined function.

[funkey]

_{I'm using the latest;} 

 _{Title .........: MIPDF}

_{; AutoIt Version : 3.3.6.1}

_{; Description ...: Generate pdf using just AutoIt functions.}

_{; Author(s) .....: Mihai Iancu (taietel at yahoo dot com)}

_{; Version .......: 1.0.3}

_{; Last Rev. .....: August 10, 2011}

 

_{It seems like in the latest Autoit3 v3.3.12   _Iif is undefined? How do we fix this?}  

 

_{_Iif($_sFONT <> "", "/Font<<" & $_sFONT & ">>", "") & _}

_{MPDF_UDF.au3"(252,54) : error: _Iif(): undefined function.}

 

_{Instead of _lif() you can use new build in syntax:}

 

($_sFONT <> "") ? ("/Font<<" & $_sFONT & ">>") : ("")

[Zedna]

Instead of _lif() you can use new build in syntax:

 

 

Or instead of modifying code in UDF just add _lif()

Func _Iif($fTest, $vTrueVal, $vFalseVal)
    If $fTest Then
        Return $vTrueVal
    Else
        Return $vFalseVal
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_Iif

[SDothard]

HI I'm pretty new to Autoit, and I have a question about creating pdf's from my application. I got the udf working, but I need to know if this is possible.

1. take an existing pdf that accepts user input (name, dob, date, etc)
2. somehow import that pdf template into autoit
3. call data from autoit to populate the data fields
4. then print the pdf template with the autoit data in the data fields

Is this possible with this udf?

I appreciate any help. 

[SDothard]

I think I may have answered my own question. 

Should I first convert my pdf into an image and then use the udf to import an image and overlay data where the data fields are?