fcl-pdf getting started tutorial

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 (whole font embedding and subset support).
• 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.

Example Usage

Please take a look at the fcl-pdf/examples/testfppdf.lpr project included with FPC's source code. It was purposely designed to help explain how to use the fcl-pdf package. Each page of that demo is defined in a separate method to help remove clutter, and explain the usage and functionality in smaller chucks of code.

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