github.com/philterpaper/pdf-table

PDF::Table

This module creates and inserts text blocks and tables into PDF documents using the PDF::API2 or PDF::Builder Perl module.

What is it?

PDF::Table is a library to format tables for insertion into PDF documents, using either the PDF::Builder or the PDF::API2 PDF-creation libraries, called from a Perl program. The PDF library (e.g., PDF::Builder) makes certain objects available to PDF::Table, as well as providing support services, and handles the overall PDF creation task. PDF::Table is called from within that a Perl program using that library, to place tables of specific layout at the current active place on a document page. Tables may split across pages.

Note that PDF::Table, unlike PDF::Builder or PDF::API2, does not provide a set of low-level building blocks, but rather, is an all-in-one "table" call with very complex and flexible input. The table layout capability is a bit richer than that found in HTML/CSS, with a great deal of control over row, column, and cell properties, as well as rule and border formatting. With PDF::Builder as the underlying engine, PDF::Table cell content may be defined using Markdown or HTML markup languages. However, note that PDF::Table itself does not use HTML tag markup, nor does PDF::Builder currently support HTML table tags! The only way to put a table into a document is to invoke PDF::Table.

Home Page, including Documentation and Examples.

The official repository for PDF::Table module collaboration: "https://github.com/PhilterPaper/PDF-Table.git"

Any patches, pull requests, issues and feedback are more than welcome.

Do NOT under ANY circumstances open a PR (Pull Request) to report a bug. It is a waste of both your and our time and effort. Instead, simply open a regular ticket (issue), and attach a Perl (.pl) program illustrating the problem, if possible. If you believe that you have a program patch (i.e., a permanent change to the code), and offer to share it as a PR, we may give the go-ahead. Unsolicited PRs may be closed without further action.

Prerequisites

Required for installation: Test::More Optional for installation: Test::Pod, Test::CheckManifest

Required for running: Carp, PDF::API2 and/or PDF::Builder Optional for running: Pod::Simple::HTML

Installation

To install the module from CPAN, please type the following command:

cpanm PDF::Table

To test or add features to this module, please type the following command:

cpanm .

Changes

To see a list of changes, please do one or more of the following:

• Read the Changes file
• Review commits history on GitHub
• Make a diff from the tools menu at CPAN

Contacts

• Use the issue tracker on GitHub, "https://github.com/PhilterPaper/PDF-Table/issues"
• See "https://metacpan.org/pod/PDF::Table" for distribution and more information

License

Copyright (C) 2006 by Daemmon Hughes

Extended by Desislav Kamenov (Twitter @deskata) versions 0.02 - 0.11

Extended by Phil Perry since version 0.12 Copyright (C) 2020 - 2025 by Phil M Perry

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. Note that Perl 5.10 is now the minimum for installation.