NAME

PDF::FromHTML - Convert HTML documents to PDF

This document describes version 0.13 of PDF::FromHTML, released September 12, 2005.

SYNOPSIS

my $pdf = PDF::FromHTML->new( encoding => 'utf-8' );
$pdf->load_file('source.html');
$pdf->convert(
    # With PDF::API2, font names such as 'traditional' also works
    Font        => 'font.ttf',
    LineHeight  => 10,
    Landscape   => 1,
);
$pdf->write_file('target.pdf');

DESCRIPTION

This module transforms HTML into PDF, using an assortment of XML transformations implemented in PDF::FromHTML::Twig.

There is also a command-line utility, html2pdf.pl, that comes with this distribution.

PUBLIC METHODS

convert(%params)

Convert the loaded file to PDF. Valid parameters are:

PageWidth         640
PageResolution    540
FontBold          'HelveticaBold'
FontOblique       'HelveticaOblique'
FontBoldOblique   'HelveticaBoldOblique'
LineHeight        12
FontUnicode       'Helvetica'
Font              (same as FontUnicode)
PageSize          'A4'
Landscape         0

HINTS & TIPS

<img> tags

Add the height and width attributes if you are creating the source HTML, it keeps PDF::FromHTML from having to open and read the source image file to get the real size. Less file I/O means faster processing.

SEE ALSO

PDF::FromHTML::Twig, PDF::Template, XML::Twig.

AUTHORS

Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

Charleston Software Associates <info@charletonsw.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2004, 2005 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html