Batch creation of PDF files

[Mike McEldowney]

I would have a look at a combination of html2ps and ghostscript.

John Summerfied wrote:

> I have a little perl that goes to a website (specifically 
> www.realestate.com.au) and does a search.
>
> It analyzes the response and creates a web page of my own design, 
> complete with the thumbnail images.
>
> My page has all the useful info I require, but without the ads. Also, 
> I can automatically drop those properties "under offer" or "under 
> contract." I'm not interested in those unless they come back on the 
> market.
>
> Extending it to follow selected links and create a series of 
> "brochures" for each property is a matter of a little more similar 
> code: not a difficult proposition.
>
> What I'd like to be able to do is create PDF documents rather than 
> HTML - HTML is fine for viewing onscreen, but pretty poor for 
> printing, and when I go on inspections I like to have bits of paper.
>
> What I don't know is what are suitable tools for the task. I suspect 
> it will involve one of more of XML, tex and latex.
>
> I've Googled and found some aging documents that might help (but I 
> don't know how long it will take to learn enough XML etc), nor whether 
> the art has moved on significantly.
>
> I do not want to do the PDF creation manually, and this rules out OOo 
> and similar.
>
> I would like to be able to control image size (as in HTML) so all 
> documents look similar, images don't split over pages and so on.
>
> What I'd like is any hints, tutorials, samples and, of course, 
> guidance on where to look for more information.
>
>
>

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