PDF::API2 (Creating PDF files)
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From: Jasper2000 on 10 Mar 2010 19:05 Hi, I'm creating PDF's on the fly, with Perl 5.8, using PDF::API2. I have no problem with most of it, albeit there's a bit of a learning curve with creating PDFs, but I can't figure out how to insert a URL with anchor text. i.e. It's easy enough to insert a URL as text, and the PDF will recognize it as a URL and make it clickable when viewed in Acrobat. However, I would like to be able to insert a URL, such as http://www.test.com yet have the link text be something like "Test Site" (with the actual URL not visible). I know it's possible to do it with PDF::API2::Simple, but the rest of my script is already done using PDF::API2, so I hope to keep it that way if possible. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, since there seems to be a bit of a lack of good documentation for this particular module. Thanks!
From: Ben Morrow on 10 Mar 2010 19:31 Quoth Jasper2000 <helius(a)gmail.com>: > > I'm creating PDF's on the fly, with Perl 5.8, using PDF::API2. > > I have no problem with most of it, albeit there's a bit of a learning > curve with creating PDFs, but I can't figure out how to insert a URL > with anchor text. > > i.e. It's easy enough to insert a URL as text, and the PDF will > recognize it as a URL and make it clickable when viewed in Acrobat. > However, I would like to be able to insert a URL, such as http://www.test.com > yet have the link text be something like "Test Site" (with the actual > URL not visible). > > I know it's possible to do it with PDF::API2::Simple, but the rest of > my script is already done using PDF::API2, so I hope to keep it that > way if possible. If you look at the source for PDF::API2::Simple, you will find that it uses @rect = $self->_render_text_at( $text_obj, $text, $x, $y, $align ); $annotation = $self->current_page->annotation; $annotation->rect( @rect ); $annotation->url( $url ); where $self->current_page is the page currently being written and $self->_render_text_at add a piece of text and returns its bounding box. ->annotation is documented in PDF::API2::Page, and the returned object is a PDF::API2::Annotation. Ben
From: Jasper2000 on 10 Mar 2010 22:15
> If you look at the source for PDF::API2::Simple, you will find that it > uses > > @rect = $self->_render_text_at( $text_obj, $text, $x, $y, $align ); > $annotation = $self->current_page->annotation; > > $annotation->rect( @rect ); > $annotation->url( $url ); > > where $self->current_page is the page currently being written and > $self->_render_text_at add a piece of text and returns its bounding box. > ->annotation is documented in PDF::API2::Page, and the returned object > is a PDF::API2::Annotation. > > Ben That's great ... thanks very much for your pointer. |