Batch creation of PDF files
Mike McEldowney
mmceldowney at deltaregional.com
Wed Jun 29 13:39:30 UTC 2005
I would have a look at a combination of html2ps and ghostscript.
John Summerfied wrote:
> I have a little perl that goes to a website (specifically
> www.realestate.com.au) and does a search.
>
> It analyzes the response and creates a web page of my own design,
> complete with the thumbnail images.
>
> My page has all the useful info I require, but without the ads. Also,
> I can automatically drop those properties "under offer" or "under
> contract." I'm not interested in those unless they come back on the
> market.
>
> Extending it to follow selected links and create a series of
> "brochures" for each property is a matter of a little more similar
> code: not a difficult proposition.
>
> What I'd like to be able to do is create PDF documents rather than
> HTML - HTML is fine for viewing onscreen, but pretty poor for
> printing, and when I go on inspections I like to have bits of paper.
>
> What I don't know is what are suitable tools for the task. I suspect
> it will involve one of more of XML, tex and latex.
>
> I've Googled and found some aging documents that might help (but I
> don't know how long it will take to learn enough XML etc), nor whether
> the art has moved on significantly.
>
> I do not want to do the PDF creation manually, and this rules out OOo
> and similar.
>
> I would like to be able to control image size (as in HTML) so all
> documents look similar, images don't split over pages and so on.
>
> What I'd like is any hints, tutorials, samples and, of course,
> guidance on where to look for more information.
>
>
>
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Mike McEldowney
Information Systems Director / Information Security Officer
Delta Regional Medical Center
1400 East Union Street
Greenville, MS 38703
662-725-2075
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