Re: Re: Playing with PDFs

I've looked at PDF::Template, but it seems to only create PDF files. I don't want to have to work out my design in XML just to put it all together. I want the PDF file to already exist (created from Quark) and the tool will just replace text in the file.

If I'm wrong, and it can read PDF files as a base, let me know. I'd really rather just replace text WITHIN the PDF file rather than descripbing exactly where the text should go using XML.

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Re: Re: Re: Playing with PDFs by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Feb 13, 2003 at 04:41 UTC
As PDF is just an output format for PostScript, I don't see why you don't just create a PostScript file, which is able to be read and written to by Perl or indeed any other application, then transform the .PS file into PDF? -- “Every bit of code is either naturally related to the problem at hand, or else it's an accidental side effect of the fact that you happened to solve the problem using a digital computer.” M-J D	[reply]

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Re: Re: Re: Playing with PDFs
by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Feb 13, 2003 at 04:41 UTC

then

“Every bit of code is either naturally related to the problem at hand, or else it's an accidental side effect of the fact that you happened to solve the problem using a digital computer.”
M-J D

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