[reportlab-users] Appending PDF's to each other...

[Dinu Gherman]

Brower Jason:


> It may be a little off topic but,

>

> I have very large amounts of data that are processed to create a  

> report.  When I am gathering data it not only takes a lot of memory  

> but a lot of time.

>

> My solution seems that I create a system similar to pagination.  I  

> load 8 large parts of the report to make up 1 page of data and then  

> save the pdf.  I then repeat that until I have all the parts done  

> for the PDF.

>

> Then when they are all done and save to a specific location I append  

> them and offer them as a download that the client can click on.

>

> So, any ideas on software in Linux that could do this Appending PDF  

> documents feature on a server application?

>


PyPDF is probably the answer. Look also into some projects
of mine using it with or without reportlab, like:

   http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdfnup
   http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdfgrid

Regards,

Dinu

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