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  • MucipM Mucip

    @VRonin ,
    Unfortunatelly no... :(
    Any other?
    What about poopler?... Is there anyone who use it?

    Regards,
    Mucip:)

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    mrjj
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    wrote on last edited by
    #8

    @Mucip
    Hi
    Just as a note.
    you can cheat and use
    command line tool that can merge 2 pdfs.
    https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/

    so you print your data to one pdf and use pdftk to merge with the
    template form pdf into a new pdf.

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    • mrjjM mrjj

      @Mucip
      Hi
      Just as a note.
      you can cheat and use
      command line tool that can merge 2 pdfs.
      https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/

      so you print your data to one pdf and use pdftk to merge with the
      template form pdf into a new pdf.

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      Mucip
      wrote on last edited by
      #9

      Hi @mrjj ,
      I think using extra command line is not clean way to solve this... :(

      Regards,
      Mucip:)

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      • MucipM Mucip

        Hi @mrjj ,
        I think using extra command line is not clean way to solve this... :(

        Regards,
        Mucip:)

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        mrjj
        Lifetime Qt Champion
        wrote on last edited by
        #10

        @Mucip
        Hi
        Well it worked pretty flawless for years for me.
        pdftk is really high quality.
        But yes, it's not as smooth as having
        the feature directly in the app.
        It was just a suggestion as editing a pdf is
        hard to archive for free.

        Have you considered just use an SVG file as the template ?

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          @Mucip
          Hi
          Well it worked pretty flawless for years for me.
          pdftk is really high quality.
          But yes, it's not as smooth as having
          the feature directly in the app.
          It was just a suggestion as editing a pdf is
          hard to archive for free.

          Have you considered just use an SVG file as the template ?

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          Mucip
          wrote on last edited by
          #11

          Hi @mrjj ,
          Ofcourse. Why not? I may prepare some template with Inkscape. No problem...
          Well, How???..

          Regards,
          Nucip:)

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          • MucipM Mucip

            Hi @mrjj ,
            Ofcourse. Why not? I may prepare some template with Inkscape. No problem...
            Well, How???..

            Regards,
            Nucip:)

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            mrjj
            Lifetime Qt Champion
            wrote on last edited by mrjj
            #12

            @Mucip
            Hi
            Was thinking on inkscape :)
            You can get positions of SVG elements with
            http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsvgrenderer.html#boundsOnElement
            so its possible to load the SVG and find out where placeholders are and then
            first draw SVG template , then draw the text in place holders positions.
            and then save it all as pdf.
            SVG looks good in all resolutions.

            Please notice that Inkscape kinda flips the y coordinates, so google that as
            it fooled me a bit.

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            • mrjjM mrjj

              @Mucip
              Hi
              Was thinking on inkscape :)
              You can get positions of SVG elements with
              http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsvgrenderer.html#boundsOnElement
              so its possible to load the SVG and find out where placeholders are and then
              first draw SVG template , then draw the text in place holders positions.
              and then save it all as pdf.
              SVG looks good in all resolutions.

              Please notice that Inkscape kinda flips the y coordinates, so google that as
              it fooled me a bit.

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              Mucip
              wrote on last edited by
              #13

              Hi @mrjj ,
              How can I prepare some template with text input?
              As I understant from your post SVG elements need to be put on template and I don't know about this.
              I will check google how to work with SVG elements.

              By the way do you have sample SVG file or manual to do your suggestion?

              Regards,
              Mucip:)

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                wrote on last edited by
                #14

                Hi @bougti ,
                I couldn't understand why I need this?...

                Regards,
                Mucip:)

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                  SGaist
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                  #15

                  @Mucip It was a spam post.

                  Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
                  Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  • SGaistS SGaist

                    @Mucip It was a spam post.

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #16

                    Hi @SGaist
                    What a strange guys?! :(
                    I couldn't understand what is the benefit of this beheviour?

                    Regards,
                    Mucip:)

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                      Trying to lure people going on their fishy website for who knows what.

                      Some are tricky to detect.

                      Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
                      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                      • MucipM Mucip

                        Hi @mrjj ,
                        How can I prepare some template with text input?
                        As I understant from your post SVG elements need to be put on template and I don't know about this.
                        I will check google how to work with SVG elements.

                        By the way do you have sample SVG file or manual to do your suggestion?

                        Regards,
                        Mucip:)

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                        mrjj
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #18

                        @Mucip said in Using existing pdf file?:

                        • How can I prepare some template with text input?
                          Draw it using inkscape.
                          Each element of page has an ID. ( and you can change it to something more easy to read)
                          So place a rect, where you want the USER text to be put.
                          Set the ID of this rect to something that make sense. ( name of what text is for)
                          Then from Qt, you can use http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsvgrenderer.html#boundsOnElement
                          to find the place rect again and then draw the USER text there.
                          So first draw the SVG template, then draw USER text at the ID locations and
                          save it all as pdf.

                        • As I understant from your post SVG elements need to be put on template and I don't know about this.
                          Well the template is the SVG file and you just use a rect as place holder to where text goes.

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