Name

trml2pdf - convert a Report Markup Langage (RML) file to a PDF

Synopsis

trml2pdf --help
trml2pdf <input.rml >ouput.pdf

Description

Tiny RML2PDF is a tool to easily create PDF document without programming. It can be used as a Python library or as a standalone binary. It converts a RML, an XML dialect that lets you define the precise appearance of a printed document, to a PDF. You can use your existing tools to generate an input file that exactly describes the layout of a printed document, and RML2PDF converts it into PDF. RML is a much more powerfull and flexible alternative to XSL:FO.

The executable read a RML file to the standard input and output a PDF file to the standard output.

Command-line options

--help: command line options

Examples

Create a PDF file:

trml2pdf <input.rml

Use it as a python module:

import trml2pdf
print trml2pdf.parseString(file('file.rml','r').read())

Notes

Tiny RML2PDF is a component of the Open Report project. It can be used with the Tiny Reporting Server to have a complete solution to render PDF file on the fly.

This package is based on the latest Debian package & includes a basic setup.py for installation ease.

Author

Fabien Pinckaers (http://tiny.be)