#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# sample cgi-script to produce a PDF on the fly
#
# Markus Baertschi, markus@markus.org
#
BEGIN { unshift @INC, "lib", "../lib" }
use strict;
use PDF::Create;
#use CGI;
#
# Write HTTP header with application/pdf as doc type
#
# If you want the PDF to open in an external application
# You should change this to
# -type => 'application/x-pdf', -attachment => $pdfname
#
#print CGI::header( -type => 'application/pdf' );
#
# Start the pdf with '-' (stdout) as filename
#
my $pdf = PDF::Create->new( 'filename' => "-",
'Version' => 1.2,
'PageMode' => 'UseOutlines',
'Author' => 'Markus Baertschi',
'Title' => 'Simple Test Document',
);
# create the document root
my $root = $pdf->new_page( 'MediaBox' => $pdf->get_page_size('A4') );
# Prepare 2 fonts
my $f1 = $pdf->font( 'Subtype' => 'Type1',
'Encoding' => 'WinAnsiEncoding',
'BaseFont' => 'Helvetica'
);
# Add a page which inherits its attributes from $root
my $page = $root->new_page;
# Write some text to the page
$page->stringc( $f1, 40, 306, 700, 'PDF::Create' );
$page->stringc( $f1, 20, 306, 650, "version $PDF::Create::VERSION" );
$page->stringc( $f1, 20, 306, 600, 'Simple Test Document' );
$page->stringc( $f1, 20, 300, 300, 'Fabien Tassin' );
$page->stringc( $f1, 20, 300, 250, 'Markus Baertschi (markus@markus.org)' );
# Wrap up the PDF and close the file
$pdf->close;