According to Appendix D of the 1.5 PDF Specification, the +/- is 0xB1 (octal 261) which is decimal 177 for all encodings EXCEPT STD. The only way you can get...
As noted in the POD for PDF::API2::Page (though not explained very well) if you obtain a reference to a text or gfx object and supply a true value as a...
... 0xB1 (octal 261) which is decimal 177 for all encodings EXCEPT STD. The only way you can get a different character is if the /Encoding in the PDF is...
... The corefont example script rendered everything correctly leading me to further investigation yielding this: use PDF::API2; my $pdf = PDF::API2->new; my...
... a correct latin1 string. ... a incorrect utf8 string. the string receives the utf8 flag (from pack) but the apostrophes get improperly decomposed into...
... I don't think the problem is that the string is improperly encoded. The problem is that it is a unicode string at all. encByUni is improperly mapping \x27...
... This comment from Alfred got me thinking for a second that I indeed can not concatenate Unicode with non-Unicode. Glad that Ken pointed out that "I have...
... I don't see that. In your particular case the default encoding contains 39 => quoteright 169 => quotesingle u2c includes the inverse mapping of this, from...
I've just run some PDF::API2 code that was developed on 0.3r77 and noticed that the paragraph method no longer returns witdth of the text on the last line or a...
Hi, Does anyone know of a way to view PDFs in Perl/Tk? I tried searching the modules for PDF::API2 and Tk but no luck. -- __END__ Just my 0.00000002 million...
... Yes and no. Yes, but you will have to dig into the details yourself. No, there is no command to begin italic text. In PDF, you write the text in an italic...
I'm using the module to generate pdf's on the fly via a cgi. These cgi's are running under the mod_perl registry. I'm finding that sometimes the pdf draws...
... After doing a little more research it looks like the version of the pdf module that comes with debian sarge is pretty dang old. I also saw mentioned in...
When upgrading from an old .4x version of the module to the new .53 package I found that all my text and barcodes went from black to grey. Changing all the...
I don't know the answer but you mention that you thing mod_perl maybe involved in the issue, have you tried with out mod_perl. That at least will help you...
Mark Fowle
mfowle@...
Aug 8, 2006 3:02 pm
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... No its not mod_perl. Did everyone see their text/graphics move to grey from black when upgrading at some point? I found the problem in the BarCode.pm has...
I think there may have been some issues with color labels back when I started using PDF API2 but don't remember if it was that or some other rendering module I...
Mark Fowle
mfowle@...
Aug 8, 2006 5:47 pm
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... Shouldn't this be: <TD bgcolor="black"> ... ... -- __END__ Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, ... "For the things we have to learn before we can do...
Then you would get black, I was trying to should how you might get gray or some semblance there of, treating text as a number. ... From: Mr. Shawn H. Corey...
Mark Fowle
mfowle@...
Aug 8, 2006 6:05 pm
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Hello, I just need to read a PDF to determine if the fonts are embedded. Anyone know how to do this?...
... I think that was his point .. he's suggesting that PDF::API2 now expects everything to be a color value rather than a name. Thus it treats 'black' as if it...
hi! ... nope, i just checked the relevant code sections. 'black' is a supported color (see: unicolor.txt). i will include a barcode example in the next...
Hi all, I've got a script which we've been running for ages on linux + perl 5.8.4 + PDF::API2 v0.44 with no problems. However I need to move the script over...
What kind of fonts do you use? Are these installed on the machine? ... /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/Postscript.pm ... ...
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