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Radu Paise
Radu Paise

Reputation: 285

create pdf in objective-c

I have to generate a huge PDF file that contains data from 200 strings and 4 tables. Is there any way to visually create the PDF, and then fill the data from my strings in the right place? If not, what would be the best way to do this? For now I tried drawInRect: method.

Thanks for any suggestion Radu

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3028

Answers (1)

Manlio
Manlio

Reputation: 10865

You may take a look to
NSPDFImageRep
CGPDFContext

Here's some sample code 

NSMutableData* pdfData = [NSMutableData data];

CGDataConsumerRef consumer = CGDataConsumerCreateWithCFData((CFMutableDataRef) pdfData);
CGRect mediaBox = CGRectMake( 0, 0, width, height);
CGContextRef pdfContext = CGPDFContextCreate( consumer, &mediaBox, NULL);

CGDataConsumerRelease( consumer );

NSGraphicsContext* newGC = [NSGraphicsContext graphicsContextWithGraphicsPort:pdfContext flipped:YES];
[NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState];
[NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:newGC];

Then you can draw your pdf pages calling

CGPDFContextBeginPage( pdfContext, NULL );
/* draw here */
CGPDFContextEndPage( pdfContext );

Upvotes: 2

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