The table() method returns 3 values:

  1. PDF::API2::Page object instance that the table ends on
  2. count of pages that the table spans
  3. y position of the table bottom

With that info (in particular 1 and 3) you can compute where to place the next table.  Sample code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use PDF::API2;
use PDF::Table;

my $pdftable = new PDF::Table;
my $pdf = new PDF::API2(-file => "test.pdf");
my $page = $pdf->page;

# some sample data (3 tables)
my @data;
for my $t (1..3) {
    my $table = [];
    for my $r (1..50) {
        push @$table, [ map "Table $t : $_$r", 'A'..'E' ];
    }
    push @data, $table;
}

my $page_height = 700;
my $top_y = 750;
my $y = $top_y;

for my $table (@data) {
    my ($p_last, undef, $y_bot) = $pdftable->table(
        $pdf,
        $page,
        $table,
        x       => 50,
        w       => 500,
        start_y => $y,
        next_y  => $top_y,
        start_h => $page_height - ($top_y-$y),
        next_h  => $page_height,
        # some optional params
        padding => 5,
        padding_right => 10,
        background_color_odd  => "#eee",
        background_color_even => "#ddd",
    );

    $page = $p_last;

    $y = $y_bot - 30;  # vertical distance between tables
    if ($y < 50) {     # page wrap
        $page = $pdf->page;
        $y = $top_y;
    }
}

$pdf->saveas();

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In reply to Re^3: Looping in PDF::Table module by Eliya
in thread Looping in PDF::Table module by divinafaudan

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