On Friday, April 15, 2011 03:12:56 pm Nate Lowrie wrote: > On 4/15/11 3:02 PM, Sibylle Koczian wrote: > > Hello, > > > > after reading the documentation I thought I could get two reports in one > > file like this: > > > > pdfName = "myreps.pdf" > > rw = ReportWriter() > > > > with open(pdfName, "w") as outFile: > > rw.ReportFormFile = "myform_1.rfxml" > > rw.OutputFile = outFile > > # for testing > > rw.UseTestCursor = True > > rw.write(save=False) > > # repeat for myform_2.rfxml, at the moment left out > > > > reportUtils.previewPDF(pdfName) > > > > But if I try that, I get a message from Adobe Reader that the file > > "myreps.pdf" couldn't be opened, because the file type isn't supported > > or the file is corrupted (this is my translation of the german error > > message). And if I omit "save=False" in the call to rw.write(), I get no > > error message, but Adobe Reader shows an empty page. > > > > All this using > > > > Platform: Win > > Python Version: 2.7.1 on win32 > > Dabo Version: Version 0.9.3; Revision ~6557 > > UI Version: 2.8.11.0 on wxMSW > > > > No change with Python 2.6.6, everything else the same. > > > > Creating and showing either one of the reports using the file name as > > rw.OutputFile property and rw.write() works as expected, so the reports > > themselves seem to be correct. But I want to get them into one file and > > print them on one page, without resorting to a separate PDF Editor, if > > at all possible. > > > > How should I do it? > > If you are on linux, you can generate the 2 reports as separate pdfs > (myform_1.pdf and myform_2.pdf) with the ReportWriter and then combine > them by running: > > subprocess.Popen(["gs", "-q", "-sPAPERSIZE=letter", "-dNOPAUSE", > "-dBATCH", "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite", "-sOutputFile=myform.pdf", > "myform_1.pdf", "myform_2.pdf"]) > > Regards, > > Nate
This should also work for other platforms if they install ghostscript. Johnf _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
