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This class was created to fill the need of Xbase++ users around the world, as noted by the many threads existing in the Xbase News Group about creating PDF output from Xbase++ applications. Several solutions have been presented, but none was a complete one, that could be deployed to customer installations without further steps, like PDF printer drivers, and so on.
This is a very simple class with very little effort in terms of programming, of course implementing it will require code changes, but the benefits are worth it.
An example of a simple program would be :
PROCEDURE MAIN
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pdf := xbpPdf():New()
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// Creates the PDF object
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pdf:Create( “Hello.Pdf” )
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// Tell the class the file name
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pdf:NewPage()
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// Page size (Clipper style)
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pdf:Font( '10.Courier New' )
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// Choose font
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pdf:Text( 1, 1, "Hello World !" )
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// write text
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pdf:EndDoc()
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// Close file and write to disk
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return
As seen here, I use lines and columns in the old Clipper style, also known as TopDown witch should make things easier to users of TD or Express libraries.