RBPDF Template Plugin

A template plugin allowing the inclusion of ERB-enabled RBPDF template files.

RBPDF Version (The New or UTF8 Version)

Use UTF-8 encoding.
RTL (Right-To-Left) languages support.
HTML tag support.
CSS minimum support.
Image

8bit PNG image support without RMagick library.
PNG(with alpha channel)/JPEG/GIF image support. (use RMagick library)

Installing RBPDF

RBPDF is distributed via RubyGems, and can be installed the usual way that you install gems: by simply typing gem install rbpdf on the command line.

If you are using HTML, it is recommended you install:

gem install htmlentities

If you are using image file, it is recommended you install:

gem install rmagick

RBPDF Example of simple use in .html.erb:

<%
  @pdf = RBPDF.new()
  @pdf.set_margins(15, 27, 15)
  @pdf.set_font('FreeSans','', 8)
  @pdf.add_page()
  @pdf.write(5, "text\n", '')
%><%==@pdf.output()%>

RBPDF Japanese Example of simple use in .html.erb:

<%
  @pdf = RBPDF.new()
  @pdf.set_margins(15, 27, 15)
  @pdf.set_font('kozminproregular','', 8)
  @pdf.add_page()
  @pdf.write(5, "UTF-8 Japanese text.\n", '')
%><%==@pdf.output()%>

See the following files for sample of useage:

test_unicode.rbpdf utf8test.txt logo_example.png

ENJOY!

ogerman/rbpdf

RBPDF Template Plugin

RBPDF Version (The New or UTF8 Version)

Installing RBPDF