12 - generating pdf files.rb

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require 'rubygems'
require 'pdf/writer'                                   # => false

# Putting "false" on the next line suppresses a huge output dump when
# you run this code in irb.
pdf = PDF::Writer.new; false

pdf.text("LOST\nDINOSAUR", :justification => :center, :font_size => 42, 
         :left => 50, :right => 50)
pdf.image("sue.png", :left=> 100, :justification => :center, :resize => 0.75)
pdf.text(%{Three-year-old <i>Tyrannosaurus rex</i>\nSpayed\nResponds to "Sue"},
         :left => 80, :font_size => 20, :justification => :left)
pdf.text("[phone]", :justification => :center, :font_size => 36)

pdf.rectangle(pdf.left_margin + 25, pdf.y-25, 
              pdf.margin_width-50, pdf.margin_height-pdf.y+50).stroke; false

pdf.save_as('flyer.pdf')
#---
pdf.rectangle(pdf.left_margin, pdf.y-25, 
            pdf.margin_width, pdf.margin_height-pdf.y+25).stroke
#---
require 'rubygems'
require 'pdf/writer'

class Certificate

  def initialize(achievement)
   @without_name = Marshal.dump(generate_pdf(achievement))
  end

  def award_to(name)
    pdf = Marshal.load(@without_name)
    pdf.move_pointer(-225)
    pdf.text("<i>#{name}</i>", :font_size => 64, 
             :justification => :center)
    return pdf
  end

  private 
  def generate_pdf(achievement)
    pdf = PDF::Writer.new( :orientation => :landscape ) 
    pdf.info.title = "Certificate of Achievement" 
    draw_border(pdf, 10, 12, 16, 18)
    draw_text(pdf, achievement)
    return pdf
  end

  def draw_border(pdf, *px_pos)
    px_pos.each do |px|
      pdf.rectangle(px, px, pdf.page_width - (px * 2), 
                    pdf.page_height - (px * 2)).stroke
    end    
  end

  def draw_text(pdf, achievement)
  pdf.select_font "Times-Roman"  
    
    pdf.text("\n", :font_size => 52)
    pdf.text("Certificate of Achievement\n", :justification => :center)    
    pdf.text("\n", :font_size => 18)
    pdf.text("hereby granted to\n", :justification => :center)   
    pdf.text("\n\n", :font_size => 64)
    pdf.text("in recognition of achieving the status of", 
             :font_size => 18, :justification => :center)    
    pdf.text(achievement, :font_size => 64, :justification => :center)
  end  
end
#---
certificate = Certificate.new('Ruby Hacker'); false
['Tricia Ball', 'Marty Wise', 'Dung Nguyen'].each do |name|
  certificate.award_to(name).save_as("#{name}.pdf")
end
#---