• Text to PDF
• Simple Text to PDF
• etc.

Hi Fernando,

You can use PDF::API2 and MIME::Lite to achieve what you want. I am sending you a sample, change the placeholder values with your own before running it.

Regards,
G.

use MIME::Lite;
 use PDF::API2;


#your mail server
my $mymailserver='mymailserver';
#the pdf path 
my $save_pdf_as="/mypdf.pdf";

    # Create a blank PDF file
my    $pdf = PDF::API2->new();


    # Add a blank page
my    $page = $pdf->page();

    # Set the page size
    $page->mediabox('Letter');

    # Add a built-in font to the PDF
my    $font = $pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Bold');

    # Add some text to the page
 my   $text = $page->text();
    $text->font($font, 20);
    $text->translate(200, 700);
    $text->text('Hello World!');

    # Save the PDF
    $pdf->saveas($save_pdf_as);


my $msg = MIME::Lite->new (
  From => 'myemail@mydomain.com',
  To => 'recipient@example.com',  
  Subject => 'Test',
  Type =>'multipart/mixed'
) or die "Error creating multipart container: $!\n";

### Add the text message part
$msg->attach (
  Type => 'TEXT',
  Data => 'Please open the attachment'
) or die "Error adding text: $!\n";

#add the file
$msg->attach(
   Type => 'application/pdf',
   Path => $save_pdf_as,
   Filename => 'a_name_for_your_file.pdf',
   Disposition => 'attachment'
) or die "Error adding attachment: $!\n";


MIME::Lite->send('smtp', $mymailserver, Timeout=>60);
$msg->send;
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It might be a good idea to start recommending PDF::API3 instead of API2. At the moment, v3 is not much more than a wrapper around v2, but it is getting active support :)

Not a Perl related answer but you might want to check a2ps for transforming a text file to postscript and ghostscript for subsequently tranforming a postscript file to pdf.

You can pull some neat tricks out like install a virtual printer to create you pdfs automatically