[reportlab-users] a replicated canvas?

[Jon Bradley]

Andy,

Thanks for the information... I hoped that was the case. I believe a  
previous library I used did that ( FPDF). Can't be sure though.

I'm guessing it won't take too much testing to get an answer to my  
questions. I figured it couldn't hurt to post on the list. Thanks!

cheers,

jon

On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Andy Robinson wrote:


> The "canvas" is the size of the page, so it's your job to move  

> across or down as you loop, or perhaps have a function to do each  

> layout and pass in its x-y origin.

>

> If you use drawImage, I think it's smart enough to realise the  

> image is being reused. If it sees the same filename in the same  

> document, it just uses a reference to the first one which it has  

> read in.  Normally images are stored outside of the page stream and  

> referenced.   (If you use drawInlineImage you can force it to bloat  

> up the files as you fear)

>

> I am away from the source code on a Blackberry and going from  

> memory, so please watch the file sizes and check!

>

> - Andy