from wrapper import Document, landscape, A4 output = 'pdf/'+__file__[:-3]+'.pdf' # open a A4 document in landscapte and with no paddings pdf = Document(output, title='Configure a page', pagesize=landscape(A4)) # create a new page : # set a background color # override paddings from 0 to 10 # override pagesize from landscape to portrait pdf.page(color='#336391', left=10, right=10, top=10, bottom=10, pagesize=A4) # save and close pdf.close()
# output file
output = 'pdf/'+__file__[:-3]+'.pdf'
# initialize PDF
pdf = Document(output, title='Example')
# create your own elements styles
h1 = pdf._text(font='Helvetica-Bold', size=20, color='#17365d')
p = pdf._text(font='Times-Roman')
pre = pdf._text(font='Courier',preformatted=True)
tbl = pdf._table()
img = pdf._image()
# start page applying a specific layout "firstCover"
pdf.page(layout=firstCover)
# change padding for next pages by setting all to 40 points
pdf.padding(left=20,right=20,top=20,bottom=20)
# start a page with :
#- no layout set
#- a background color #e6eeee
#- keeping the previous padding above: left = right = top = bottom = 40
#- a flow of text elements: h1 followed by p
pdf.page(
h1('About This Document'),
p('This document explains my attempt to wrap the current Reportlab Toolkit API in order to make PDFs easily.'),
img('images/reportlab.gif'),
color='#e6eeee'
)
