How to convert text file(s) to PDF format?

[Dwa Grosze]

Hi,

The problem is as above. I searched all this group with various
keywords but didn't found any useful info. I'm new to xHb, so maybe
that's a reason too :) Some discussion on coverting pdf to txt I found
but none of them says sth like this: yoy got a function ... and so on.
Is there any function in xHB to do this or I'll have to try some other
way?

Thanks for help!

Regards

Maciej

[Ella Stern]

Hello,


All document types have their own object models; a document type might
have more very different versions in time; operating systems might
offer different tools for supporting the generation or conversion
process.

Please define concretely you need(s):
- on which operating system(s) do you run the application you want to
output a PDF file
- do you want to generate a PDF file ( putting together the pieces of
the document page by page, detail by detail )
- do you want to convert an existing document ( .txt or other ) so to
output its PDF sibling

Ella

[Otto Haldi]

A simple way to create PDF, is to make a print out to a PDF Printer driver.
Someting like PDF Creator. See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator

Regards
Otto

[fatfat]

we are using pdfactivex.dll to create pdf within xharbour :)

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[dlzc]

Dear Dwa Grosze:

On Sep 13, 4:49 am, Dwa Grosze <dwagros...@gmail.com> wrote:
...

How is the text file generated?

David A. Smith

[dlzc]

I find the following methods exported in (an older copy of) PDFlib:
<QUOTE>
METHOD New( cFile, nLen, nHeigth, nWidth )
METHOD PdfNewPage( _cPageSize, _cPageOrient, _nLpi, _cFontName,
_nFontType, _nFontSize )
METHOD PdfClosePage()
METHOD PdfClose()
METHOD PdfPageSize( _cPageSize )
METHOD PdfPageOrient( _cPageOrient )
METHOD PdfSetLpi( _nLpi )
METHOD PdfSetFont( _cFont, _nType, _nSize, cId )
METHOD PdfDrawHeader()
METHOD PdfMargins( nTop, nLeft, nBottom )
METHOD PdfImageInfo( cFile )
METHOD PdfTiffInfo( cFile )

METHOD Pdfjpeginfo( cFile )
METHOD Pdfimage( cFile, nRow, nCol, nHeight, nWidth, cId,
Scalex, Scaley )
METHOD Pdfatsay( cString, nRow, nCol, lExact, cId )
METHOD Pdfgetfontinfo( cParam )
METHOD Pdfpagenum( n )

METHOD Getpagetype( nWidth, nHeight )
METHOD Settop( N ) INLINE ::aReport[ PDFTOP ] := N // top
METHOD Setleft( N ) INLINE ::aReport[ PDFLEFT ] := N // left &
right
METHOD Setbottom( N ) INLINE ::aReport[ PDFBOTTOM ] := N
METHOD Pdf_Rect( x, y, width, height )
METHOD Pdf_Stroke()
METHOD Setoverline( l )
METHOD Setunderline( l )
METHOD Pdfmoveto( X, Y )
METHOD Pdflineto( X, Y )
METHOD Pdfsetlinewidth( w )
METHOD Pdfsetlinecap( w )
METHOD Pdfsetdash( b, w )
METHOD Pdfsave( lBuf )
METHOD Pdfrestore( lBuf )
METHOD Pdfunder( Text, Len, X, Y )
METHOD Pdfover( Text, Len, x, y )
METHOD Pdf_Str_Width( Text, Len, Font, Size )
METHOD Pdfsetrgbcolor( R, G, B )
METHOD Pdfscale( X, Y, lBuf )
METHOD Pdftranslate( tX, tY )

METHOD Pdfpnginfo( cFile )
METHOD Pdfrotate( pHi )
METHOD Pdfclosepath()
METHOD Pdfendpath()

METHOD Pdfcurveto( x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3 )
METHOD Pdfcomplevel( x )
METHOD Pdfinfo( cTitle, cAuthor, cKey, cCreator )
METHOD PDF_setrgbcolor_fill( R, G, B )
<END QUOTE>

... so you might be able to generate the PDF with the formatting you
want, without making the text file first.

David A. Smith

[Dwa Grosze]

On 13 Wrz, 14:40, Ella Stern <ella.st...@xharbour.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> All document types have their own object models; a document type might
> have more very different versions in time; operating systems might
> offer different tools for supporting the generation or conversion
> process.
>
> Please define concretely you need(s):
> - on which operating system(s) do you run the application you want to
> output a PDF file

MS Windows xp and above.

> - do you want to generate a PDF file ( putting together the pieces of
> the document page by page, detail by detail )

Those are flat text files and include control chars: CRLF, EndOfPage
(Just "eject" I suppose) and EndOfFile. They include polisch
dicriticatl chars (but it won't be any problem... I hope!)

> - do you want to convert an existing document ( .txt or other ) so to
> output its PDF sibling

Yes, yes, yes. I just have to "Save it as PDF".

>
> Ella

Thanks!

[Dwa Grosze]

Thank You for such a hugh part of knowledge! I hope it'll help me in
my future xHB tasks. Now I just have to do something really simple. I
got a flat text file with control chars/marks like CRLF, eject and
EndOfFile and I just have to "save it as" pdf format. If *it* really
needs wider study and usage of the library You've mentioned I'll got
more work I thought in my most audacious presumptions...:(

Thanks!

[Jayadev]

Dear Dwa Grosze,

Please see your private mail, I have sent you a txt2pdf.prg which I
generally use, you may have to modify it suitably to suit your environment.

HTH,

Warm regards,

Jayadev

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[joreilly...@gmail.com]

Hi Jayadev.

Would you send me a txt2pdf.prg ?
Will be much appreciated.

Alex

[rodrego sandino]

hi my dear brother can you send this prg file for me please i urgently need it

[rodrego sandino]

On Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 6:37:04 PM UTC+8, Jayadev wrote:

> Dear Dwa Grosze,
>
> Please see your private mail, I have sent you a txt2pdf.prg which I
> generally use, you may have to modify it suitably to suit your environment.

> Please my dear brother please send this txt2pdf.prg to my email too vanda...@hotmail.com please i urgently need it.

[rodrego sandino]

i am still waiting you mister jayadev ....please send me the prg file of Txt2pdf program to my email vanda...@hotmail.com please hurry up.

[Jayadev U]

Hi,

Please check your email. Sorry for the delay in replying. I saw your
post just now.

Warm regards,

Jayadev