REALbasic PDF

P
DF has become one of the standards for document exchange, and Mac OS X allows the easy creation and viewing of documents in this format. However, creating PDF files programmatically has generally been a difficult feat; the PDF specification, while being published and accessible to anyone, is as complicated as it is powerful.

My goal in making a PDF Class for REALbasic was to make it easy to use for someone who doesn't know the inner workings of the PDF format. I have accomplished this by making the methods mirror those of the REALbasic graphics class. If you can use a REALbasic graphics object to draw graphics and text, you can use REALbasic PDF to create PDF files!

There is a lot of room for improvement with these classes, so I am making them open-source... if you find a way to improve the classes, let me know so I can roll it into this official version.

The archive below contains the REALbasic PDF classes, an example REALbasic project, and documentation.

Download REALbasic PDF (StuffIt Archive, 171 KB)
Download REALbasic PDF (ZIP Archive, 194 KB)

If you use this class in your programs, I ask that you give me credit in your about box and/or documentation. For more information on REALbasic, visit the REAL Software web site.

The REALbasic PDF classes are free for you to use in any project (with a credit to me, as specified above), but if you find it extremely useful and would like to send a donation to encourage future development, you may do so by clicking on the link below.




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