C library for PDF creation?

[vasudevram]

Hi,

Is there any C library (free software or open source) for PDF creation,
other than PDFLib? [ PDFLib is good but it puts a watermark across the
PDF output. ]

I'm looking for such a library to use for:

1. Porting my xtopdf PDF creation/conversion toolkit - see
http://www.dancingbison.com/services.html - from Python to C, for
reasons of a) possibly better performance, b) being able to wrap the
ported code as a Ruby/C extension, so that I can then generate PDF from
Ruby. [I do know about Ruby's PDF::Writer, but am exploring different
ways of doing the same thing].

2. Doing PDF generation from C.

Both the above points are part of my overall plan of extending xtopdf
in different dimensions (more features, ports to more languages, etc.).

Thanks
Vasudev

 

[Jack Klein]

Hi,

Is there any C library (free software or open source) for PDF creation,
other than PDFLib? [ PDFLib is good but it puts a watermark across the
PDF output. ]

[snip]

Third party libraries are off-topic here. Try http://www.google.com.

 

[Simon Biber]

Hi,

Is there any C library (free software or open source) for PDF creation,
other than PDFLib? [ PDFLib is good but it puts a watermark across the
PDF output. ]

GPL Ghostscript is free software that does PDF creation amongst other
functions. You may be able to adapt the C source code for use as a
library. In fact, there is a library interface described in its
documentation.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/gnu/7.05/Lib.htm

 

[vasudevram]

GPL Ghostscript is free software that does PDF creation amongst other
functions. You may be able to adapt the C source code for use as a
library. In fact, there is a library interface described in its
documentation.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/gnu/7.05/Lib.htm

Sounds like a possibility. Thank you!

Vasudev

 

[W H G]

Hi,

Is there any C library (free software or open source) for PDF creation,
other than PDFLib? [ PDFLib is good but it puts a watermark across the
PDF output. ]

I'm looking for such a library to use for:

Just happened to be mentioned on alt.comp.freeware:

http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/urz/pdf/pdfutils.html

It lists libraries in various computer languages and basic
information on PDF format.


--- W H G

 

[vasudevram]

Just happened to be mentioned on alt.comp.freeware:

http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/urz/pdf/pdfutils.html

It lists libraries in various computer languages and basic
information on PDF format.

Thanks! Will check it out.
Vasudev
http://www.dancingbison.com
PDF conversion toolkit:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtopdf

 

[fubar.1010]

Well, he did ask if there is a C library involve, which is related to C
language..So cut him some slack..

Hi,

Is there any C library (free software or open source) for PDF creation,
other than PDFLib? [ PDFLib is good but it puts a watermark across the
PDF output. ]

[snip]

Third party libraries are off-topic here. Try http://www.google.com.

 

[Keith Thompson]

Well, he did ask if there is a C library involve, which is related to C
language..So cut him some slack..

Please don't top-post. See <http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html>.

If by "cut him some slack" you mean we should have tried to answer is
question, that's not a good idea. Most of us here know about the C
programming language; we don't necessarily know anything about
third-party libraries. If the OP wants information, he's far better
off asking in a forum where people actually know what he's asking
about.

This newsgroup has a long-standing set of conventions about what's
topical and what isn't, and there are good reasons for these
conventions. For a good introduction to this newsgroup, see
<http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/Introduction_to_comp.lang.c>.

 

[Default User]

Well, he did ask if there is a C library involve, which is related to
C language..So cut him some slack..

Please don't top-post.




Brian