We use cl-pdf and cl-typesetting directly (as part of invoice generation), creating some text, layout, adding images, etc. We email many of them, and then use pdftk on the command line to join all PDF invoices into one big file for easy printing.
We don't have to deal with page numbers, but I think pdftk's "multistamp" or "multibackground" function could be probably be used (abused?) to apply page numbers. See http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-man-page/
Thanks,
Ryan Davis Acceleration.net Director of Programming Services 2831 NW 41st street, suite B Gainesville, FL 32606
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On 5/19/2011 2:11 AM, Nico de Jager wrote:
I am looking for tips to create professional multi-page reports, invoices, etc, preferably producing standalone files like PDFs that can be emailed. Automatic page calculation would be great, and I'd like to include generated and static images (e.g. graphs and logos).
The solution does not have to be open source, although most of my applications are web based for which I do prefer GNU Linux as a hosting platform (I am a LispWorks user and have both Linux and Windows licenses).
I know about cl-pdf and cl-typesetting, although I have only had a fleeting glance at them. Maybe there is an easy WYSIWYG layout editor that a list member can recommend among the hordes that Google spits out.
How do list members typically solve this (boring) problem with their CL applications?
Regards. Nico
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