[reportlab-users] Canvas background

[Harry Waye]

Thanks for the info.  I'll have a look at what trml2pdf is doing with
the background, and see if it supports passing of the include tag.  

If I get desperate I'll have a look at pageCatcher, do you have a none
broken link.  My brief google search and mailing list links produced
only dead ones.  A donations system for pageCatcher (as opposed to
purchase) would be appreciated.

On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:13 +0100, Robin Becker wrote:

> Harry Waye wrote:

> > Hello,

> > 

> > I'm trying to merge (using pyPdf) a template pdf with a pdf generated

> > from rml with trml2pdf.  The rml generated pdf appears to have a white

> > background, thus obscures the template pdf on merging.  I would like it

> > to be transparent.  

> > 

> 

> so far as I know reportlab draws only where it's told to. So I don't think there 

> should be any overall page background. If trml2pdf is really tiny rml then it 

> may be something that tiny rml does.

> 

> > Is this something that can be specified in rml?  Is there any way I can

> > import the template pdf on generation?  I noticed there was an include

> > pdf tag in the rml user guide, but I get the feeling that it places the

> > included pdf on top.  Is there anything else I can do?

> > 

> 

> The include tag is used to include content. Including a background PDF in rml is 

> something we do all the time, but we do use pageCatcher in rml2pdf to do that. 

> Order of operations is important so backgrounds are included first.

> 

> > Is placing a background colour on the pdf an attempt to stop me doing

> > such things, and to push be to PageCatcher?  ;-)

> > 

> Not by us at least.