• Ideal for the dynamic production of reports, invoices, tickets, labels, delivery notes, charts, maps etc.
• Vector graphics.
• Inclusion of JPEG images.
• Object oriented.
• Task safe.
• Endian-neutral.
• Multi-platform, but native code build.
• Standalone (no dependency on other libraires, bindings, etc.; no extra component needed for running)
• Unconditionally portable code: OS-, CPU-, compiler- independent code ^(*).
• Pure Ada 2012: this package can be used in projects in Ada 2012 and later language versions.
• Permissive license (MIT).
• Free, open-source.

Web server report (courtesy of Sowebio). Click on image to view the PDF report.		Parcel label, used in logistics (courtesy of Applicazioni Ricerche Informatica Srl). Click on image to enlarge it.		Delivery note, typical document used by transporters (courtesy of Applicazioni Ricerche Informatica Srl). Click on image to enlarge it.		PDF_Out Demo, p.2 viewed through Adobe Reader X. Click on image to view the PDF output.
Vector Graphics Demo: K-Means. Click on image to view the PDF output.		Vector Graphics Demo: Sierpinski. Click on image to view the PDF output.		Demo being run through PTC ApexAda for VxWorks on Raspberry Pi. Video link here. Click on image to enlarge it.		Demo being run through PTC ObjectAda for Linux. Video link here. Click on image to enlarge it.

Download the package from the SourceForge project page.

You can also...

• get the corresponding crate on Alire; click here for details:
• check the mirror on GitHub.

with PDF_Out;

procedure Small_Demo is
  pdf : PDF_Out.PDF_Out_File;
begin
  pdf.Create ("small.pdf");
  pdf.Put_Line ("This is a very small demo for PDF_Out...");
  pdf.Close;
end Small_Demo;

Browse the full source (of version 006) here

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The author's blog can be read here.

Some people, projects or organizations using the Ada PDF Writer:

• Applicazioni Ricerche Informatica Srl, Bari (Italy)
• Centre autonome de formation et de recherche en mathmatiques et sciences avec assistants de preuve, Belgium
• Sowebio, France
• Some others are known but are not disclosed here...

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