Hi guys. I wrote a tiny script that creates a pdf file by searching a directory for a list of jpg image files and then adding them to separate pages inside the pdf. It works fine, thanks to the example code I found online (the PDF::API2::Lite docs really really suck), but I was wondering if I could make it work more generic by having the ability to add any images in a directory, like gifs, pngs, ect. - not just jpg files. I was under the impression that $pdf->image($file) would be able to do that. I have tried using my $image = $pdf->image($file);, and then $pdf->image($image, 0, 0);to then add the image to a page that I created but I get this error: 'Can't call method "image" on an undefined value'. Here is the code I have that works: 
#!usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use PDF::API2::Lite;
#concatenates all files in a specific directory into a pdf file that w
+ill
#be spit out into that same directory upon completion

#grab a list of files in our very special directory.
my @files = sort glob('path\to\jpgs\*') or die "No files";

#xreate a new document with no pages
my $pdf = PDF::API2::Lite->new;

#loop through our images, create a page for each image
# - while adding the image to the created page
for my $file (@files){
    my $image = $pdf->image_jpeg($file);
    $pdf->page($image->width, $image->height);
    $pdf->image($image, 0, 0);
}

$pdf->saveas('output.pdf');

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In reply to PDF::API2::Lite adding images by misterMatt

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