On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:43:39PM -0500, Bill McCabe took time to write: > I have a large number of mod_perl modules that connect to various databases and > generate workflow performance reports for my organization. I give the users 3 > output options: HTML, Excel (Spreadsheet::WriteExcel), and PDF. For PDF output > I've been using PDF::Create, which has been at version .01 since 1999. It has > worked flawlessly for my purposes for a couple of years, but is very limited. In > fine form-follows-function fashion, the end users would now like the PDF output > gussied up with graphics, etc. Does anyone have any strong (positive or > negative) recommendations for which module(s) I should migrate to?
I do not use Perl modules to do that, but LaTeX. As ugly as it may sound it enables to output very complex PDF files, exactly the way you want. More precisely I have LaTeX templates, I use CGI::FastTemplate to fill them in with dynamic data, run pdflatex, and then have a nice PDF file. Good luck in your search. Patrick.
