fpc/packages/fcl-pdf
michael ef564491b2 * Fixes from Graeme Geldenhuys for bug ID #30006 and bug ID #30008:
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  * pdf unittests: fixes failing test after fpPDF changes, plus newtest added.
  * pdf: fixes failing test due to recent changes in fpPDF.
  * pdf tests: new test for new behaviour.
  * pdf: Applies patch from Mantis 30006 - and replaced bitmasks with Sets.
  * pdf tests: Updates the README file with exact font details used by the tests.
  * ttf: fixes debug output directory.
  * pdf: FPC Mantis BugID 30008: fpTTF: wrong Ascender/Descender calculation
  * pdf: fix bug where return value was never set.
  * pdf: fixes compiler hint about uninitialised variables being used.
  * pdf unittests: fixes memory leak in one test.
  * pdf unittests: fixes compiler hint about unused units in uses  clause.

git-svn-id: trunk@33535 -
2016-04-19 07:10:59 +00:00
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examples * Add command-line options to enable image compression and JPEG image support 2016-04-11 19:08:21 +00:00
src * Fixes from Graeme Geldenhuys for bug ID #30006 and bug ID #30008: 2016-04-19 07:10:59 +00:00
tests * Fixes from Graeme Geldenhuys for bug ID #30006 and bug ID #30008: 2016-04-19 07:10:59 +00:00
utils * Added ttfdump tool 2016-04-11 18:26:23 +00:00
fpmake.pp * Remove msdos target, not all dependencies are satisfied 2016-03-09 20:45:26 +00:00
Makefile
Makefile.fpc
readme.txt * Added file attachments to possible enhancements 2016-03-05 18:22:23 +00:00

The fcl-pdf package contains a PDF generating unit fppdf that does not depend
on any external libraries.

The PDF generator has the following features:
- Support for basic shapes.
- Support for basic line styles.
- Dictionary support.
- Multi-page PDF.
- Image support.
- TTF Font support.
- Font embedding.
- Unicode font support.
- Stream Compression.
- Image embedding.
- Several paper types.
- Portrait/Landscape.
- Support for multiple units.
- Rotation matrix system.
- PDF creator information.
- Output validates by several PDF validators.

Todo:
- Implement TFPCustomCanvas descendent (TPDFCanvas) that draws on a PDF.
- Partial embedding of (unicode) fonts for smaller PDFs.
- On windows, allow to use native font mechanisms for extracting info from TTF files.

Optionally:
- PDF Forms.
- Archive format.
- Signature.
- File attachments.