Quartam PDF Library for Revolution
Quartam PDF Library for Revolution lets developers produce PDF documents from code - PDF documents that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat, Apple MacOSX Preview and other PDF viewer applications. They are a popular means to exchange information that displays properly even when crossing computer platforms.
The Basics
Quartam PDF Library works with the paradigm of documents and a set of commands to create items in these documents - this approach lets you create multiple PDF documents at the same time, which can save a lot of time if you're creating multiple reports based on the same set of data.
You create a document; add pages; draw graphics, images and text; finally output the PDF data to a file; and then free up the memory. With automatic page breaks and callbacks to let you draw page headers and footers, you have all the power at your fingertips to create PDF files from your Revolution-based applications.
Best of all, it is written in 100% Revolution, no externals needed! And it works for your version and platform: Revolution 2.6 through 2.9 on MacOS, Windows and Linux.
A Work in Progress
As a new product, it doesn't yet have all the bells and whistles of libraries that have been around for years. The most notable limitations are:
- Font support is limited to the standard set (Arial/Helvetica, Times, Courier, Symbol and Zapf Dingbats)
- Unicode, compression and encryption are not yet supported
These limitations are under active investigation and will be addressed in upcoming releases.
