in reply to How can I print hash content to pdf file ?

Have you checked that you get the correct data and can print it to the screen instead of a PDF file?

use strict;
use PDF::API2::Simple;

my %data = (...);

#my $pdf = PDF::API2::Simple->new( file => 'file.pdf' } 
foreach my $keys( sort { $data{$a} <=> $data{$b}} keys %data ){
    print $data{$keys}{'Name'}, "\n";
}

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The next thing would be to check that you can actually print to the PDF file. Try printing a plain list to a PDF file:

use strict;
use PDF::API2::Simple;

my @names = (Diana Bruce Clark);

my $pdf = PDF::API2::Simple->new( file => 'file.pdf' } 
foreach my $name( @names ){
     $pdf->text($name}); 
}

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One of the two programs should work for you and should help you determine where your problem lies, in the data or in writing the data to the PDF.

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Re^2: How can I print hash content to pdf file ?
by vkk05 (Initiate) on Dec 10, 2017 at 09:26 UTC
    Yes, I tried printing a plain text something like this: $pdf->text( 'Hello PERL', x => 300, y => 300 ); The plain text printing perfectly. Is there any syntax to print the hash ?
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      If you need to supply coordinates, why don't you supply them when you print in your loop?

      Try maybe printing stuff into separate lines?

      my $offset = 300;
for my $line (@names) {
    $pdf->text( "Hello PERL", x => 300, y => $offset );
    $offset = $offset + 50; # move to "next line"
};

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      I chose 50 by random, maybe you want 12 (points) or 24.

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        Passing offset is a good suggestion. But I need to print hash value instead of 'Hello Perl'. I mean inside $pdf->text what can be written?
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