PDF tutorials

[Andy_Pagin]

I've decided to bite the bullet and learn how to create PDF documents without using a third party library, so can anyone recommend a decent on-line tutorial. I've already had a look at the PDF 1.7 manual (ISO32000 ?) from Adobe which is fine as a reference document.

As to why I want to do this, I am a masochistic nerd /end.
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[DrSnoosnoo]

Obviously you just type it in Word and save as a PDF. Simples
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[Pjay]

[linuxyeti]

I use cups pdf to print to pdf, and libreoffice to create pdf's. If you're doing it programatically, you can always run libreoffice in headless mode to create pdf documents, or there are a variety of php pdf generation libraries.
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[DrSnoosnoo]

[owl]

most browsers now have built in print to pdf as well
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[kgm]

I don't think th OP wants to make pdfs from typed word documents, I get the impression he's coming at the his from a coding perspective

[Pjay]

[stinkwheel]

The libreoffice .PDF export tool is pretty flexible.

You can export to .PDF from Libreoffice draw as well as writer.
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[Andy_Pagin]

Done it!
I have now written my very own pdf building dll. Hasn't got all the pdf features, just text, jpegs and simple line drawing, but that's all I need.

Wasn't as difficult as I though it'd be .... it was much much worse.
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[Easy-X]

Curious to know why you'd need such a DLL given there are so many open source solutions out there.

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[Andy_Pagin]