[reportlab-users] changing header and footer on every page in a PDF document

Robin Becker robin at reportlab.com
Wed Dec 1 06:17:33 EST 2004


Satchidanand Haridas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using reportlabs to create a pdf document which requires a 
> different header and footer on every page. Is there a way to do that in 
> reportlab?  Do I need to use a different Page Template for each page  or 
> is there an easier way?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Satchit
> 
You can decorate pages using an onPage or onPageEnd function. These can be set 
on the page templates. Alternatively use a derived pagetemplate class with 
overridden beforeDrawPage or afterPageDraw methods.
-- 
Robin Becker


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