RE: PDF generator decision

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Christian, have you tried pod[1]? You can use create templates in OpenDocument format and then create the PDFs just passing the arguments, like:

args = {'name':'John', 'email':'john@example.com'}
renderer = Renderer('template.odt', args, 'result.odt')renderer.run()



[1] http://appyframework.org/pod.html

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> To: python-list@python.org
> From: dieter@handshake.de
> Subject: Re: PDF generator decision
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 08:22:25 +0200
>
> Christian Jurk <commx@commx.ws> writes:
>
>> ...
>> So far I'd like to ask which is the (probably) best way to create PDFs in Python (3)? It is important for me that I am able to specify not only background graphics, paragaphs, tables and so on but also to specify page headers/footers. The reason is that I have a bunch of documents to be generated (including Invoice templates, Quotes - stuff like that).
>
> High quality layouts, especially those containing (potentially complex
> tables), are very difficult to generate automatically.
>
> I do not suppose that you will find a generic solution - one applicable
> to a wide range of document classes and garanteeing high quality
> layout for almost all of its document instances.
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PDF generator decision Christian Jurk <commx@commx.ws> - 2013-05-14 08:05 -0700
  Re: PDF generator decision Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2013-05-14 15:21 +0000
  Re: PDF generator decision jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 10:36 -0700
  Re: PDF generator decision dieter <dieter@handshake.de> - 2013-05-15 08:22 +0200
  RE: PDF generator decision Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-15 09:48 +0300

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