README

FPDF Pascal

This is a translation of the renowned FPDF Project from PHP to Pascal / Delphi

What is FPDF?

http://www.fpdf.org/

FPDF is a class which allows to generate PDF files with pure Code, that is to say without using any PDF library. "F" from FPDF stands for Free: you may use it for any kind of usage and modify it to suit your needs.

FPDF has other benefits: high level functions. Here is a list of its main features:

• Choice of measure unit, page format and margins

• Page header and footer management

• Automatic page break

• Automatic line break and text justification

• Image support (JPEG, PNG and GIF)

• Colors

• Links

• HTML tags support in WriteHTML method

  • bold
  • italic
  • <u>underlined</u>
  • [text](http://link.com)
  • `

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• TrueType, Type1 and encoding support

• Page compression

  (Note: Strike = not implemented in Pascal translation)

What Can I do with FPDF Pascal ?

Please check the file: FPDFPascalTest.pdf

These PDF is generated when you run the Project "demofpdfpascal"

How to use

Use the force... read the sources...

Please open the projects on "demo" folder, like: "tuto1", "tuto2", "tuto3", "tuto4", etc... Notice whe provide the same demos for Delphi and Lazarus/FPC

You can also refer to original FPDF Reference Manual: http://www.fpdf.org/en/doc/index.php

Install using Boss

https://github.com/HashLoad/boss

Command line:

boss install https://github.com/Projeto-ACBr-Oficial/FPDF-Pascal.git

Dependencies

In order to maintain compatibility with a large number of Pascal IDEs, Units have few or none dependencies.

Compatibility

These fonts are intended to be compatible with a large number of IDEs, Frameworks and Platforms. We believe it is compatible with:

• Delphi
  • IDEs: D7-D11
  • Platforms: Windows, Linux, Android
  • Frameworks: VCL, FMX
• Lazarus/FPC
  • Version: 2.2.4 - FPC 3.3.2
  • Platforms: Windows, Linux

Console Mode

We do not use "Graphics" Units. So you can use FPF-Pascal in CONSOLE Projects. No Graphical Server is needed.

Reporting Bugs

Please report if you notice any compilation problem or other issues.

https://github.com/Projeto-ACBr-Oficial/FPDF-Pascal/issues

License

We use MIT License. The same license from FPDF orginal sources.

https://github.com/Projeto-ACBr-Oficial/FPDF-Pascal/blob/main/LICENSE.TXT

About the translation of sources.

We try to stay faithful as much as possible in translating sources from PHP to Pascal.

This may have caused an unusual programming style for the Pascal language. But we believe it will be strategic when we need to perform a new Merge, with the original sources, in PHP

The Unit fpdf.pas, is designed to have the same functionality as the oringal file, fpdf.php. This means that no additional Scripts or functionalities are included on this Unit.

The Unit fpf_ext.pas, has an extendeded version of TFPDF class. And incorporates several new functionalities and Scripts.

So, always prefer to use the TFPDFExt class of Unit fpf_ext.pas

Dependencies of Third Party Units

Note that at the beginning of Unit fpf_ext.pas, you can turn on/off, the support for various external Units, using DEFINE directives

• DEFINE USE_SYNAPSE: Extend the "Image" method, allowing inform a Image by URL, and also allow to use "SetProtection" (password) features
• DEFINE DelphiZXingQRCode: Allows the generation of QRCodes

Scripts embedded in TFPDFExt

Method	Script URL	Author
TFPDFScriptCodeEAN	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script5.php	Olivier
TFPDFScriptCode39	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script46.php	The-eh
TFPDFScriptCodeI25	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script67.php	Matthias Lau
TFPDFScriptCode128	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script88.php	Roland Gautier
TFPDFExt.Rotate	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script2.php	Olivier
TFPDFExt.RoundedRect	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script35.php	Christophe Prugnaud
TFPDFExt.AddLayer	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script97.php	Oliver
TFPDFExt.SetProtection	http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script37.php	Klemen Vodopivec

About the translator

Daniel Simões de Almeida is a Pascal multiplataform developer. https://www.projetoacbr.com.br/