[reportlab-users] help controlling page size

[Tim Roberts]

Justin Shepard wrote:

> I'm trying to create a pdf that is letter size (8.5 x 11 inches);

> however, no matter what I change it's coming out as 8.27  x 11.69

> inches. I can't include the entire code but here is what I have done.

>  

> 1. Imported what I think are the necessary modules:

>  

> from reportlab.platypus import BaseDocTemplate, Frame,

> NextPageTemplate, PageBreak, PageTemplate, Paragraph, Table

> from reportlab.lib.units import inch

> from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter

>  

> 2. set base tempate (I've tried a few variations here):

> docTemplate = BaseDocTemplate(docTemplatePath,

> pageSize=(612,792))#'letter')

> -or-

> docTemplate = BaseDocTemplate(docTemplatePath, pageSize='letter')


You may want to find a pillow to scream into when I tell you that the
parameter is spelled "pagesize", not "pageSize".

It is a historical anomaly.

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