[reportlab-users] reportlab basic problem

Robin Becker reportlab-users@reportlab.com
Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:39:57 +0100


Tim Smith wrote:
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> ok it's outputs a file now, but i don't see "hello world" when i open
> it? it just a blank page, i'm in win98 using adobe 6
> Robin Becker wrote:
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try this code I checked and it works :)

from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
def hello(c):
	c.drawString(100,100, "Hello World")
c = canvas.Canvas(r"c:\hello.pdf")
hello(c) #call the hello function
c.showPage()
c.save()

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Robin Becker