latexgen

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markfoodyburton's picture

Hi, just posted a tiny module which "works for me" - it's not pretty and its not cleaver, but it might be helpful to others who use latex. It simply allows you to put some latex code, with embedded php code within it, onto a content type - and then gives you the ability to download the resulting PDF. The module itself is the trivial part - getting your php code and latex to work just the way you want it - thats the real problem. I'd guess most people would hack the module about a bit too... Anyway, it maybe helpful to some people. - It addresses the problem of "downloadable PDF's" from a different, more "CCK" angle.

Personally, I'm using it to generate Invoices - I already had my style sheet set up, but I needed the data filled in "just right". I use the php code to extract the right data from the node, at the right point in the latex.

I ended up using a number of "views" in order to generate the numbers and data I needed to - so, the php code really can get quite complex!

http://drupal.org/project/latexgen

SoC 2006: DruTeX

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