anvil.pdf Module
Classes
PDFRenderer
Functions
render_form
Classes
PDFRenderer
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Configure options for PDF rendering. Returns an object with a render_form() method.
Constructor
PDFRenderer([filename="print.pdf"], [landscape=False], [margins=], [page_size="letter"], [quality="default"], [scale=1.0])
filename- The name of the generated PDF file.landscape- Generate a PDF in landscape orientation.margins- Page margins (in centimetres), as a dictionary specifying margins on each side (eg {'top': 1.0, 'bottom': 1.0, 'left': 1.0, 'right': 1.0}) or as a number specifying a global margin. The default value is 1.0page_size- Can be the name of a standard page size ('letter' or 'A0'-'A10'), or a tuple of (width, height) in centimetres.quality- The quality of the generated PDF, which has a large impact on file size. Available values are: - 'original': All images will be embedded at original resolution. Output file can be very large. - 'screen': Low-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller 'Screen Optimized' setting. - 'printer': Output similar to the Acrobat Distiller 'Print Optimized' setting. - 'prepress': Output similar to Acrobat Distiller 'Prepress Optimized' setting. - 'default': Output intended to be useful across a wide variety of uses, possibly at the expense of a larger output file.scale- The scale (zoom level) at which you are printing. The default value is 1.0.
Instance Methods
render_form(form_name, *args, **kwargs) → anvil.Media instance
Render an Anvil form to PDF. Pass the name of the form you want to render, plus any arguments you want to pass to its constructor.
Returns a PDF as an Anvil Media object.
Functions
render_form(form_name, *args, **kwargs) → anvil.Media instance
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Render an Anvil form to PDF. Pass the name of the form you want to render, plus any arguments you want to pass to its constructor.
Returns a PDF as an Anvil Media object.
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