From ediestel at pol.net  Tue Aug 21 22:06:56 2007
From: ediestel at pol.net (Eckhart Diestel)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:06:56 -1000
Subject: [Pdf-stamper-devel] pdf/stamper
Message-ID: <58426A60-1E32-4D8A-A2AF-1D2297BEBC3C@pol.net>

Hi,

I am not sure how to use this list.


this is working with irb after installation plus configuration of RJB  
and download/local gem install of pdf_ stamper:
# test_template.pdf in root directory of application.

require 'rubygems'
require 'fileutils'
require 'rjb'
require 'tmpdir'
include FileUtils
Rjb::load('/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/pdf_stamper-0.2.0/ext/ 
itext-2.0.4.jar')  # decided to put full path here
require 'pdf/stamper'
pdf = PDF::Stamper.new("test_template1.pdf")
pdf.text :name, "joe"
pdf.save_as "my_output1.pdf"                #  => "my_output.pdf"



what would be the correct synthax to iterate over a result set ?

require 'rubygems'
require 'fileutils'
require 'rjb'
require 'tmpdir'
include FileUtils
Rjb::load('/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/pdf_stamper-0.2.0/ext/ 
itext-2.0.4.jar')

@cm1500 = Cm1500.find(params[:id])

require 'pdf/stamper'
pdf = PDF::Stamper.new("test_template1.pdf")

for column in Cm1500.content_columns
pdf.text( column.name, cm1500.send(column.name) )    # throws unknown  
method error 'cm1500 unknown ...'


Eckhart


PS:
some minor inconsistencies with use of - and _, such as test- 
template.pdf vs test_template; this is also the case for the file  
name in the repository,
if I remember correctly it has file name  'pdf-stamper-0.2.0', while  
it tries to access with 'pdf_stamper-0.2.0' ( mind the underscore),  
which leads to the 'no such file in any repository' response. 

From ediestel at pol.net  Wed Aug 22 20:42:38 2007
From: ediestel at pol.net (Eckhart Diestel)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:42:38 -1000
Subject: [Pdf-stamper-devel] controller example/irb
Message-ID: <0B7FA7CD-AE67-48F6-90A7-3E3ACAA94D9E@pol.net>

Working example, from irb console, accessing the a database table


  require 'rubygems'																# required gems

  require 'fileutils'

  require 'rjb'

  require 'tmpdir'

  include FileUtils

   Rjb::load('/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/pdf_stamper-0.2.0/ext/ 
itext-2.0.4.jar')		# loads itext.jar using ruby java bridge; here  
with full path example

  require 'pdf/stamper'

  @patient = Patient.find(:all)							# all row from model Patient  
returned to variable as array

  pdf = PDF::Stamper.new("test_template1.pdf")                    #  
template needs to contain  text field(s) with  name(s) matching the  
column name(s) in your database'

   for patient in @patient								# patient instance in variable
   pdf.text (column.name,patient.send(column.name))          # sets  
the value to the text field  (key.to_s,value.to_s)
   end

   pdf.save_as "output.pdf"								# self explanatory



Eckhart

From jaywhy at gmail.com  Wed Aug 22 22:03:10 2007
From: jaywhy at gmail.com (Jason Yates)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:03:10 -0400
Subject: [Pdf-stamper-devel] controller example/irb
In-Reply-To: <0B7FA7CD-AE67-48F6-90A7-3E3ACAA94D9E@pol.net>
References: <0B7FA7CD-AE67-48F6-90A7-3E3ACAA94D9E@pol.net>
Message-ID: <4cbfccd70708221903g680fe499i8d258cffde71d9d3@mail.gmail.com>

>   require 'fileutils'
>
>   require 'rjb'
>
>   require 'tmpdir'
>
>   include FileUtils
>
>    Rjb::load('/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/pdf_stamper-0.2.0/ext/
> itext-2.0.4.jar')               # loads itext.jar using ruby java bridge; here
> with full path example
>

You shouldn't need any of that.  If so it is a bug.

-- 
Jason Yates
jaywhy at gmail.com