[haXe] pdf generation with alivepdf & haxe

[Ian Liu]

Here is a very simple example:


// Compile with:
//   haxe -neko foo.n -main Foo
// And run with..:
//   neko foo.n
class Foo {
static function main() {
var out = neko.io.File <http://haxe.org/api/neko/io/File>.write('foo.txt',
false);
// out is a FileOutput <http://haxe.org/api/neko/io/FileOutput>, which
extends Output <http://haxe.org/api/neko/io/Output>.
out.write("Hello from neko!");
out.close();
}
}

On Dec 3, 2007 10:30 PM, Jan Viehweger <forum at jan-viehweger.de> wrote:
> hello list, hello nicolas!
>
> this is my very first post to the list - and of coure not the last one,
> cause haxe rocks and i'm trying find out the whole power of this amazing
> language.
>
> untill now i was one of theese stupid zinc users who spend a lot of
> money for a buggy tools. i was very frustrated about the poor database
> features and the missing commandline features which is a must have in a
> productive workflow. while googeling for some custom sqlite extension
> for zinc i stumbled over haxe, which supports sqlite by default - and of
> course "for free"! yes man - this is i was looking for!!! - why nowbody
> told me before?!
>
> now to the point:
> in many of my applications (of course flash/flex/haxe) i need the
> possibility to dynamicaly generate pdf's.
> until now i'didnt find a proper solution, cause haxe (still) does not
> support this feature (correct if i'm wrong).
>
> so my first idea was:
> using the cli version of php in combination with the fpdf class. ok,
> this worked somehow but distributing the whole php package was'nt that
> elegant.
>
> second idea:
> using a very cool tool i found  called BAMBALAM. this is tiny little
> programm for wrapping php files in a single exe so you can use it as a
> standalone programm. yes - this was cool for some day's, and it worked.
> but one thing disappoints me: now i had 3 different languages to handel:
> actionscript, haxe and php ...
>
> third, and last idea:
> yesterday i found a very amazing project called "ALIVEPDF" on
> bytearray.org. alivepdf is an actionscript 3 open-source pdf library.
> alivepdf is based on fpdf - which is a good old friend of mine :+).
> alivepdf targets to types of pdf generation: LOCAL and REMOTE. the local
> way is done by adobe air. the remote one by a php script.
> its very easy to create pdf with alivepdf as you can see in
> videotutorials on the projects website (www.alivepdf.org). the cool
> thing is, that you write your whole pdfcode in as3, and for grafix you
> can use the whole drawing api too!!!
>
> so whats the problem now?
> as i mentioned, saving pdf files local is done by adobe air. but i dont
> want to use air - couse i'm a haxe guy :+).  i saw in the first
> videotorial
> (
http://www.alivepdf.org/wp-content/tutorials/alivepdf-tutorial-getting-started.swf
)
>
> that the whole pdfcode is stored in a flash bytearray which is then
> written into file by an air method. i ask myself if haxe could do this
> file save stuff to. in the haxe/neko api i found the neko.io class which
> also has a "writeBytes" method. but as i'm a very first beginner in haxe
> i dont know how to get started with that feature.
>
> here my question: could someone help me ore write a little example which
> produces a simple hello world pdf with alivepdf & haxe?
> i think this could be very usefull for the whole haxe comunity cause in
> my opinion this is the first proper solution for generating pdf in haxe.
> it would also be possible to make the alivepdf class available as an
> haxe lib ...
>
> so this for now - sorry for my long post an my bad english.
> hopefully some is interessted and expirienced enough to help me (and the
> community too)
>
> bye janosch,
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Dipl. Des. Jan Viehweger" <mail at jan-viehweger.de>
> To: haxe at lists.motion-twin.com
> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:27:37 +0100
> Subject: pdf generation with alivepdf & haxe
> hello list, hello nicolas!
>
> this is my very first post to the list - and of coure not the last one,
> cause haxe rocks and i'm trying find out the whole power of this amazing
> language.
>
> untill now i was one of theese stupid zinc users who spend a lot of
> money for a buggy tools. i was very frustrated about the poor database
> features and the missing commandline features which is a must have in a
> productive workflow. while googeling for some custom sqlite extension
> for zinc i stumbled over haxe, which supports sqlite by default - and of
> course "for free"! yes man - this is i was looking for!!! - why nowbody
> told me before?!
>
> now to the point:
> in many of my applications (of course flash/flex/haxe) i need the
> possibility to dynamicaly generate pdf's.
> until now i'didnt find a proper solution, cause haxe (still) does not
> support this feature (correct if i'm wrong).
>
> so my first idea was:
> using the cli version of php in combination with the fpdf class. ok,
> this worked somehow but distributing the whole php package was'nt that
> elegant.
>
> second idea:
> using a very cool tool i found  called BAMBALAM. this is tiny little
> programm for wrapping php files in a single exe so you can use it as a
> standalone programm. yes - this was cool for some day's, and it worked.
> but one thing disappoints me: now i had 3 different languages to handel:
> actionscript, haxe and php ...
>
> third, and last idea:
> yesterday i found a very amazing project called "ALIVEPDF" on
> bytearray.org. alivepdf is an actionscript 3 open-source pdf library.
> alivepdf is based on fpdf - which is a good old friend of mine :+).
> alivepdf targets to types of pdf generation: LOCAL and REMOTE. the local
> way is done by adobe air. the remote one by a php script.
> its very easy to create pdf with alivepdf as you can see in
> videotutorials on the projects website (www.alivepdf.org). the cool
> thing is, that you write your whole pdfcode in as3, and for grafix you
> can use the whole drawing api too!!!
>
> so whats the problem now?
> as i mentioned, saving pdf files local is done by adobe air. but i dont
> want to use air - couse i'm a haxe guy :+).  i saw in the first
> videotorial
> (
http://www.alivepdf.org/wp-content/tutorials/alivepdf-tutorial-getting-started.swf
)
>
> that the whole pdfcode is stored in a flash bytearray which is then
> written into file by an air method. i ask myself if haxe could do this
> file save stuff to. in the haxe/neko api i found the neko.io class which
> also has a "writeBytes" method. but as i'm a very first beginner in haxe
> i dont know how to get started with that feature.
>
> here my question: could someone help me ore write a little example which
> produces a simple hello world pdf with alivepdf & haxe?
> i think this could be very usefull for the whole haxe comunity cause in
> my opinion this is the first proper solution for generating pdf in haxe.
> it would also be possible to make the alivepdf class available as an
> haxe lib ...
>
> so this for now - sorry for my long post an my bad english.
> hopefully some is interessted and expirienced enough to help me (and the
> community too)
>
> bye janosch,
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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> http://haxe.org
>
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