[reportlab-users] Best way forward

[Steve Romanow]

On 8/11/2010 3:18 PM, Simon wrote:

> On 11 August 2010 19:08, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com 

> <mailto:slestak989 at gmail.com>> wrote:

>

>     On 8/11/2010 1:04 PM, Simon wrote:

>

>         Hello All

>

>         I am trying to find the best way forward to produce pdf

>         invoices with Reportlab. I have created a few pds with

>         PLATYPUS but am having problems working this one out. I

>         haven't quite setteled into Reportlab's way of thinking.

>

>         They are going to be printed on continus paper that is

>         perferated every 20cm. If a invoice is too large to fit on one

>         page it should continue onto the second page as if it is the

>         same piece of paper. e.g. the second page should not have a

>         header. I think it would be easer to create one large page

>         (40cm high) rather then two seperate ones. Is it posible to

>         create a pdf page (PageTemplate) with a flexable height? or

>         change the height if I calculate that the flowables wont fit

>         (Most likely be one table per invoice).

>

>         Here comes the wedge: There is a piece of text that has to

>         come below the invoice item table. If the pdf needs to be

>         printed on two pages it should not get printed on the bottom

>         of the first page but the second.

>

>         Is it posible to wrap two flowables in a flowable that can not

>         be split?

>

>         My other question is: Is it posible when a PageTemplate is

>         drawing the static elements on the page to grab information

>         from the first flowable to be drawn on that page. Related to

>         that is it posible to store extra data in a flowable.

>

>     I don't have a specific RL answer for you, however, I have had to

>     handle this with some other products so lets just talk concepts.

>      I will need to tackle this one day in RL (I hope, if my company

>     purchases).

>

>     You need 4 layouts, Single, First, Middle, Last.

>

>     Single will have Header, Detail Footer

>     First will have Header and Detail

>     Middle will only have Detail (maybe a mini header, but different

>     than First)

>     Last will have Detail and Footer

>

>

>  Yes that is good, I think I could get that to work in Reportlab. I 

> think having seperate pages is better as then a table row wont get 

> printed on the perferation line between two pages.

>

> The only dificutly I think I will have is working out which 

> PageTemplate to use, especily when I am creating more then one 

> invoice. I will have a crack at it tomorrow.

>

> Thanks again

>

> Simon Luijk

>

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