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Changing Margin and Column Box

2013-05-20T16:20:26Z

I have a lengthy "Changing Margin" document that uses the
changing_margin.rb example code to create inner/outer margins. It works
great until I come to pages where I need to include a column_box. The
column box (which will span multiple pages) always starts at the same
coordinates instead of following the page margins.

Need some hints how to create a calendar

2013-05-15T10:46:59Z

Hi,
I need to generate pages like
this: [link]
I need some hints:
1. What would be the best approach to generate the calendar? Grid or table?
1.1 If I use grids, how can I make gridlines but still have a gutter sucht
that the content does not touch the border.

Image cells not displaying in the right place

2013-05-14T01:32:48Z

Hi All
I have a table with image cells in the first column. From time to time the
images end up in the wrong cell. I'm not quite sure what the cause of the
problem is.
If you take a look at the two screen shots below you'll notice that the
image that is supposed to be in the in first cell of the first row is

bounding_box offset for specific columns

2013-05-08T11:03:30Z

Hi,
is there a way I can offset specific columns e.g. the second and third in 3
column bounding box?
Michael Kastner

column_box y-offset

2013-05-08T10:55:08Z

Hi,
maybe someone can help me on this. I've got a column_box layout with three
columns. While the first column should start at y=0, the other two should
start somewhat lower (thus providing space to place an image) at a certain
offset. Is there way, I can achieve this behaviour?
Michael Kastner

Get a PDF every 24 hours

2013-04-27T19:31:25Z

Hi all,
I'm new to Rails and I got Prawn to output a PDF file in my application.
I've been wondering if it is possible to use Prawn to output different PDF
files every 24 hours and save all of them on the website so the users can
access them at any time. Also, my PDF file should output a pie chart, any

Problem building table

2013-04-25T04:38:10Z

Hi Folks,
I am trying to build a single table from two data sources, line_items which
has_many sub_items. Originally I had success doing this as a table within
another table but there were problems when the sub table was larger than
the page length. To avoid the sub table problem I'd like to build all the

Prawn-generated PDF sent via e-mail asynchronously with delayed_job

2013-04-21T06:50:54Z

I have the web-form, that passes the data to the model, that generates pdf
with prawn and sends it with ActionMailer.

If I do it without `delayed_job`, synchronously, then everything is great.
If I do it with `delayed_job`, asynchronously, then I get an error.

(1.6ms) UPDATE `delayed_jobs` SET `last_error` = 'uninitialized

start_new_page template problem

2013-04-19T08:42:36Z

Hi,
Prawn 1.0.0.rc1 (I've tried rc2 without any success)
I'm having a problem when using a template with the start_new_page, i.e.
pdf.start_new_page(:template => @terms_filepath)
I'm trying to insert a terms & conditions page every second page so execute
the above multiple times. When I generate a pdf without the above line

How to find out which characters of a custom font are embedded in a PDF?

2013-04-18T13:40:29Z

Hello,
I would like to find out which characters of a font Prawn has
subset-embedded within my PDF.
This is to help me track down a problem where a digit was missing from some
text using my embedded font. The line "Start with a 30-day free trial.
Then choose a plan:" renders fine on my computer (Preview & Chrome on OS X

Converting Docx to PDF

2013-04-16T16:05:43Z

Is there a way to convert Docx to PDF using Prawn and RoR3?

Need help with RTL and LTR

2013-04-13T06:14:25Z

Hi guys,
I am facing an issue with prawn. I have a document that has English and
Arabic content at the same time. Which means some of the text would be RTL
and english text should be LTR. How can I resolve this issue? I have
attached a sample pdf file.
I would be really thankful if any one could help me with this issue.

Nested table appearing twice

2013-04-11T22:59:01Z

Hi Folks, I'm new to Prawn so this is probably a beginners mistake but...
I am generating a table with a nested table inside one cell. It all looks
fine except the nested table is being duplicated above the main table as
well. I have attached a screenshot to explain further.
Here is the code I'm using to generate this portion of the page:

grid layout issue

2013-04-11T16:15:30Z

I have the following layout :
grid([1,0], [1,4]).bounding_box do
the line_items_box partial is a (test) table , which expand on following
pages ..
data = [["This row should be repeated on every new page"]]
it works , but within the additional pages, it's also displayed , the grid([2,0],
[5,4]).bounding_box ..

cannot set page_size and page_layout when creating the document

2013-04-11T11:46:28Z

I create the pdf document in my controller as following :
def show
load_order
respond_with(@order) do |format|
format.pdf do
render :layout => false, :template =>
"spree/admin/orders/invoice.pd f.prawn"
end
end
end
but it's creating by default a LETTER/landscape document page