Ada PDF Writer

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PDF_Out is an Ada package for producing easily and automatically PDF files, from an Ada program, with text, vector graphics, images (JPEG).

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.

(*) within limits of compiler's provided integer types and target architecture capacity.

Screenshots:

Web server report

Web server report (courtesy of Sowebio).

Click on image to view the PDF report.

Parcel label

Parcel label, used in logistics (courtesy of Applicazioni Ricerche Informatica Srl).

Click on image to enlarge it.

Delivery note

Delivery note, typical document used by transporters (courtesy of Applicazioni Ricerche Informatica Srl).

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Boarding pass

PDF_Out Demo, p.2 viewed through Adobe Reader X.

Click on image to view the PDF output.

K-Means Demo

Vector Graphics Demo: K-Means.

Click on image to view the PDF output.

Sierpinski Demo

Vector Graphics Demo: Sierpinski.

Click on image to view the PDF output.

Apex environment

Demo being run through PTC ApexAda for VxWorks on Raspberry Pi.
Video link here.

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ObjectAda / Eclipse

Demo being run through PTC ObjectAda for Linux.
Video link here.

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Download:

Download the package from the SourceForge project page.

You can also...

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

A small demo's source:

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;

For viewing more sources...

Browse the full source (of version 006) here
Source web pages automatically generated by gnathtml (GNAT).

Contact:

Mail: Gautier de Montmollin, e-mail
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For any news, change logs, support requests, update informations: visit the project on SourceForge Download Ada PDF Writer

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 mathématiques et sciences avec assistants de preuve, Belgium
Sowebio, France
Some others are known but are not disclosed here...

Here is a list of other open-source projects I participate to on SourceForge. Click on the links below for details.

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Excel Writer - a standalone, portable Ada package for producing Excel spreadsheets
GID - Generic Image Decoder
GLOBE_3D
GNAVI: GNU Ada Visual Interface - the GNU Ada Visual Interface for MS Windows
GNOGA - the GNU Omnificent GUI for Ada
HAC - HAC Ada Compiler
Ini file manager - a standalone, portable Ada package for configuration files
LEA - Lightweight Editor for Ada
Mathpaqs? - collection of mathematical, 100% portable, packages in Ada
Pascal-to-Ada? - Pascal to Ada translator
TeXCAD? - a program for drawing or retouching {picture}s in LaTeX
Wasabee - a Web browser with safety focus
Zip-Ada - a standalone, portable Ada library for Zip archives

Some projects have GitHub mirrors too.

Some Ada compilers:

AdaCore GNAT Public version via Alire
AdaCore GNAT Public version up to version CE 2021 as standalone installer
AdaCore GNAT Professional
FSF GNAT
PTC ObjectAda compiler
PTC ApexAda compiler
Green Hills
DDC-I
ICC
XGC
OC Systems

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