ASPPY.pdf

The ASPPY.pdf namespace is powered by the Python fpdf2 library. It allows you to construct robust PDF documents natively from your VBScript files.

Namespace Methods

New(orientation="P", unit="mm", format="A4") - Initializes and returns a new PdfDoc object.

PdfDoc Object Methods

Method	Description
`add_page(orientation="")`	Adds a new page to the document.
`set_font(family, style="", size=12)`	Sets the font (e.g. "Arial", "B", 16).
`set_text_color(r, [g], [b])`	Sets the text color using RGB.
`set_draw_color(r, [g], [b])`	Sets the draw color for lines and shapes.
`set_fill_color(r, [g], [b])`	Sets the fill color for filled cells and shapes.
`cell(w, h=0, text="", border=0, ln=0, align="", fill=False, link="")`	Prints a cell with optional borders, background color, and text alignment.
`multi_cell(w, h, text, border=0, align="", fill=False)`	Prints text with line breaks across multiple lines.
`write_html(html)`	Renders basic HTML markup (bold, italic, headers) into the PDF.
`image(path, [x], [y], [w], [h])`	Places an image onto the PDF canvas.
`output(path)`	Saves the resulting PDF to a physical disk path.

Sample Code

<%
Dim pdf
' Create a new portrait A4 document measured in millimeters
Set pdf = ASPPY.pdf.New("P", "mm", "A4")

' Add a page
pdf.add_page()

' Set font and add title
pdf.set_font "Arial", "B", 16
pdf.set_text_color 0, 51, 102
pdf.cell 0, 10, "ASPPY PDF Document", 0, 1, "C"

' Paragraph
pdf.ln 10
pdf.set_font "Arial", "", 12
pdf.set_text_color 0, 0, 0
pdf.multi_cell 0, 10, "This PDF was generated natively from VBScript using the fpdf2 Python library underneath!"

' Render some HTML markup
pdf.ln 10
pdf.write_html "<b>Bold</b>, <i>Italic</i>, and <u>Underline</u> are supported. You can even include <h1>Headers</h1>!"

' Output to disk
Dim outputPath
outputPath = Server.MapPath("/pdfs/sample.pdf")
pdf.output outputPath

Response.Write "PDF created successfully at: " & outputPath
%>