[reportlab-users] ReportLab-2.2.win32-py2.5 and VS 2008 Compatibility

Uwe C. Schroeder uwe at oss4u.com
Wed Jan 28 16:56:11 EST 2009


No. Reportlab is a PDF formatting library. You can create PDF files with it,
but it can't open PDF's unless you buy the commercial addition from the
makers of reportlab.

You may want to look into pyPDF (don't know if it can make images out of a
PDF, but it can open and modify PDF's)

HTH

Uwe


On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Bob Luck wrote:

> I have just downloaded the ReportLab-2.2.win32 open source PDF library and

> am not sure what its capabilities / limitations are.

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> I need a PDF library that can seamlessly open single or multipage PDF

> source documents and then convert them to high resolution images from

> within my C# VS2008 WinForm application.

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> In addition to opening and converting the PDF document to images on a page

> by page basis, I would like to be able split or concatenate the existing

> PDF documents in a batch mode?

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> Can this be done with the ReportLab-2.2.win32 version library?

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> Comments and suggestions appreciated.





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