[reportlab-users] Flowables

[Brandon Rich]

Here is the code that I am currently using.

def createDoc( self, buffer):
        # Generate the PDF
        doc = SimpleDocTemplate( buffer, pagesize = letter, leftMargin = 0.5*inch, rightMargin = 0.5*inch, bottomMargin = 1.5*inch )
        contents = [ Spacer( 1, 0.15*inch ) ]
        Template (violation, searchList= [{'name' : 'Tim'}]).respond()
        paragraphStyle = get_stylesheets()['Normal']
        p = Paragraph( Template ,paragraphStyle,None)
        contents.append( p )
        contents.append( PageBreak())
        contents.append( Spacer( 1, 0.15*inch ) )
        doc.build( contents, onFirstPage=self.firstPage, onLaterPages=self.otherPages )
        return (buffer)

And the error...

  File "C:\workspace\pythonlibs\tests\document\pdfutil.py", line 91, in createDoc
    Template (violation, searchList= [{'name' : 'Tim'}]).respond()
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\cheetah-2.0-py2.5.egg\Cheetah\Template.py", line 1151, in __init__
    raise TypeError(reason) TypeError: arg 'source' must be string or None



-----Original Message-----
From: reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com [mailto:reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:23 PM
To: Support list for users of Reportlab software
Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Flowables

Brandon Rich wrote:

>

> I am trying to create a PDF that is currently being passed a paragraph 

> flowable.  While it is working currently, I have created a cheetah 

> template that I want to use to replace the “text” argument in the 

> flowable.  Since I am trying to pass a string to the text argument, I 

> am getting an error and cannot figure out another way to get around 

> this. 

>

>  

>

> Any ideas?    

>


It is always easier to diagnose these kinds of things if you include the 
exact code you used, and the exact error you got.  Otherwise, it could 
be anything from a typographical error to a usage problem.

Template.respond() returns a normal string, and you should be able to 
pass that directly to Paragraph to produce a flowable.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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