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PDF::API2::Lite(3)    User Contributed Perl Documentation   PDF::API2::Lite(3)

NAME
       PDF::API2::Lite - lite pdf creation

SYNOPSIS
	   $pdf = PDF::API2::Lite->new;
	   $pdf->page(595,842);
	   $img = $pdf->image('some.jpg');
	   $font = $pdf->corefont('Times-Roman');
	   $font = $pdf->ttfont('TimesNewRoman.ttf');

METHODS
   PDF::API2::Lite
       $pdf = PDF::API::Lite->new
       $pdf->page
       $pdf->page $width,$height
       $pdf->page $llx, $lly, $urx, $ury
	   Opens a new page.

       $pdf->mediabox $w, $h
       $pdf->mediabox $llx, $lly, $urx, $ury
	   Sets the global mediabox.

       $pdf->saveas $file
	   Saves the document (may not be modified later) and deallocates the
	   pdf-structures.

       $font = $pdf->corefont $fontname
	   Returns a new or existing adobe core font object.

	   Examples:

	       $font = $pdf->corefont('Times-Roman');
	       $font = $pdf->corefont('Times-Bold');
	       $font = $pdf->corefont('Helvetica');
	       $font = $pdf->corefont('ZapfDingbats');

       $font = $pdf->ttfont $ttfile
	   Returns a new or existing truetype font object.

	   Examples:

	       $font = $pdf->ttfont('TimesNewRoman.ttf');
	       $font = $pdf->ttfont('/fonts/Univers-Bold.ttf');
	       $font = $pdf->ttfont('../Democratica-SmallCaps.ttf');

       $font = $pdf->psfont $pfb, $afm, $encoding
	   Returns a new type1 font object.

	   Examples:

	       $font = $pdf->psfont('TimesRoman.pfb','TimesRoman.afm','latin1');
	       $font = $pdf->psfont('/fonts/Univers.pfb','/fonts/Univers.afm','latin2');

       $egs = $pdf->create_egs
	   Returns a new extended-graphics-state object.

	   Examples:

	       $egs = $pdf->create_egs;

       $img = $pdf->image_jpeg $file
	   Returns a new jpeg-image object.

       $img = $pdf->image_png $file
	   Returns a new png-image object.

       $img = $pdf->image_tiff $file
	   Returns a new tiff-image object.

       $img = $pdf->image_pnm $file
	   Returns a new pnm-image object.

       $pdf->savestate
	   Saves the state of the page.

       $pdf->restorestate
	   Restores the state of the page.

       $pdf->egstate $egs
	   Sets extended-graphics-state.

       $pdf->fillcolor $color
	   Sets fillcolor.

       $pdf->strokecolor $color
	   Sets strokecolor.

	   Defined color-names are:

	       aliceblue, antiquewhite, aqua, aquamarine, azure, beige, bisque, black, blanchedalmond,
	       blue, blueviolet, brown, burlywood, cadetblue, chartreuse, chocolate, coral, cornflowerblue,
	       cornsilk, crimson, cyan, darkblue, darkcyan, darkgoldenrod, darkgray, darkgreen, darkgrey,
	       darkkhaki, darkmagenta, darkolivegreen, darkorange, darkorchid, darkred, darksalmon,
	       darkseagreen, darkslateblue, darkslategray, darkslategrey, darkturquoise, darkviolet,
	       deeppink, deepskyblue, dimgray, dimgrey, dodgerblue, firebrick, floralwhite, forestgreen,
	       fuchsia, gainsboro, ghostwhite, gold, goldenrod, gray, grey, green, greenyellow, honeydew,
	       hotpink, indianred, indigo, ivory, khaki, lavender, lavenderblush, lawngreen, lemonchiffon,
	       lightblue, lightcoral, lightcyan, lightgoldenrodyellow, lightgray, lightgreen, lightgrey,
	       lightpink, lightsalmon, lightseagreen, lightskyblue, lightslategray, lightslategrey,
	       lightsteelblue, lightyellow, lime, limegreen, linen, magenta, maroon, mediumaquamarine,
	       mediumblue, mediumorchid, mediumpurple, mediumseagreen, mediumslateblue, mediumspringgreen,
	       mediumturquoise, mediumvioletred, midnightblue, mintcream, mistyrose, moccasin, navajowhite,
	       navy, oldlace, olive, olivedrab, orange, orangered, orchid, palegoldenrod, palegreen,
	       paleturquoise, palevioletred, papayawhip, peachpuff, peru, pink, plum, powderblue, purple,
	       red, rosybrown, royalblue, saddlebrown, salmon, sandybrown, seagreen, seashell, sienna,
	       silver, skyblue, slateblue, slategray, slategrey, snow, springgreen, steelblue, tan, teal,
	       thistle, tomato, turquoise, violet, wheat, white, whitesmoke, yellow, yellowgreen

	   or the rgb-hex-notation:

	       #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrrgggbbb and #rrrrggggbbbb

	   or the cmyk-hex-notation:

	       %cmyk, %ccmmyykk, %cccmmmyyykkk and %ccccmmmmyyyykkkk

	   or the hsl-hex-notation:

	       &hsl, &hhssll, &hhhssslll and &hhhhssssllll

	   and additionally the hsv-hex-notation:

	       !hsv, !hhssvv, !hhhsssvvv and !hhhhssssvvvv

       $pdf->linedash @dash
	   Sets linedash.

       $pdf->linewidth $width
	   Sets linewidth.

       $pdf->transform %opts
	   Sets transformations (eg. translate, rotate, scale, skew) in pdf-
	   canonical order.

	   Example:

	       $pdf->transform(
		   -translate => [$x,$y],
		   -rotate    => $rot,
		   -scale     => [$sx,$sy],
		   -skew      => [$sa,$sb],
	       )

       $pdf->move $x, $y
       $pdf->line $x, $y
       $pdf->curve $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3
       $pdf->arc $x, $y, $a, $b, $alfa, $beta, $move
       $pdf->ellipse $x, $y, $a, $b
       $pdf->circle $x, $y, $r
       $pdf->rect $x,$y, $w,$h
       $pdf->rectxy $x1,$y1, $x2,$y2
       $pdf->poly $x1,$y1, ..., $xn,$yn
       $pdf->close
       $pdf->stroke
       $pdf->fill
       $pdf->fillstroke
       $pdf->image $imgobj, $x,$y, $w,$h
       $pdf->image $imgobj, $x,$y, $scale
       $pdf->image $imgobj, $x,$y
	   Please Note: The width/height or scale given is in user-space
	   coordinates which is subject to transformations which may have been
	   specified beforehand.

	   Per default this has a 72dpi resolution, so if you want an image to
	   have a 150 or 300dpi resolution, you should specify a scale of
	   72/150 (or 72/300) or adjust width/height accordingly.

       $pdf->textstart
       $pdf->textfont $fontobj,$size
       $txt->textlead $leading
       $pdf->text $string
	   Applys the given text.

       $pdf->nl
       $pdf->textend
       $pdf->print $font, $size, $x, $y, $rot, $just, $text
	   Convenience wrapper for shortening the textstart..textend sequence.

AUTHOR
       alfred reibenschuh

HISTORY
	   $Log: Lite.pm,v $
	   Revision 2.1	 2007/05/08 18:32:09  areibens
	   renamed compress to compressFlate

	   Revision 2.0	 2005/11/16 02:16:00  areibens
	   revision workaround for SF cvs import not to screw up CPAN

	   Revision 1.2	 2005/11/16 01:27:48  areibens
	   genesis2

	   Revision 1.1	 2005/11/16 01:19:24  areibens
	   genesis

	   Revision 1.12  2005/06/17 19:43:47  fredo
	   fixed CPAN modulefile versioning (again)

	   Revision 1.11  2005/06/17 18:53:33  fredo
	   fixed CPAN modulefile versioning (dislikes cvs)

	   Revision 1.10  2005/03/14 22:01:05  fredo
	   upd 2005

	   Revision 1.9	 2005/02/28 18:00:06  fredo
	   removed color method since businesscolor is not available anymore in PDF::API2

	   Revision 1.8	 2004/12/16 00:30:51  fredo
	   added no warn for recursion

	   Revision 1.7	 2004/06/15 09:11:38  fredo
	   removed cr+lf

	   Revision 1.6	 2004/06/07 19:44:12  fredo
	   cleaned out cr+lf for lf

	   Revision 1.5	 2004/05/21 15:04:43  fredo
	   fixed NAME pod bug for cpan indexer

	   Revision 1.4	 2003/12/08 13:05:19  Administrator
	   corrected to proper licencing statement

	   Revision 1.3	 2003/11/30 17:11:55  Administrator
	   merged into default

	   Revision 1.2.2.1  2003/11/30 16:56:21  Administrator
	   merged into default

	   Revision 1.2	 2003/11/30 11:32:56  Administrator
	   added CVS id/log

POD ERRORS
       Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained
       below:

       Around line 69:
	   '=item' outside of any '=over'

       Around line 666:
	   You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'

perl v5.10.1			  2007-05-08		    PDF::API2::Lite(3)
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