Rob Wolfe wrote: > Carl K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I need to take the take the pdf output from reportlab and create a >> preview image for a web page. so png or something. I am sure >> ghostscript will be involved. I am guessing PIL or ImageMagic ? >> >> all sugestions welcome. > > Did you try to use `reportPM` from rl_addons [1]_? > This is an extension of the reportlab package. > > There is also PIL needed and on my linux box > I needed some additional fonts [2]_. > > And then I could create PNG directly from reportlab, e.g: > > <code> > from reportlab.graphics.shapes import Drawing, String > from reportlab.graphics import renderPM > > d = Drawing(400, 200) > d.add(String(150, 100, 'Hello World', fontSize=18)) > renderPM.drawToFile(d, 'test.png', 'PNG') > </code> > > .. [1] http://www.reportlab.co.uk/svn/public/reportlab/trunk/rl_addons/ > .. [2] http://www.reportlab.com/ftp/fonts/pfbfer.zip
This sounds like what I was looking for. some how this got missed when I poked around reportlab land. Thanks much. Carl K -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
