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.

PascalCase aliases

The method names above mirror fpdf2, so its documentation applies unchanged. Because that reads oddly in VBScript, every multi-word method also answers to its PascalCase name — use whichever you prefer:

VBScript style	fpdf2 style
`AddPage`	`add_page`
`SetMargins`	`set_margins`
`SetAutoPageBreak`	`set_auto_page_break`
`SetFont`	`set_font`
`SetTextColor` / `SetDrawColor` / `SetFillColor`	`set_text_color` / `set_draw_color` / `set_fill_color`
`SetLineWidth`	`set_line_width`
`SetXY`	`set_xy`
`FillPage`	`fill_page`
`MultiCell`	`multi_cell`
`WriteHtml`	`write_html`

The single-word methods need no alias: member lookup is case-insensitive, so pdf.Cell, pdf.Image, pdf.Ln, pdf.Text and pdf.Output already work.

Misspell one and the error names the closest match, e.g. Unknown member: SETMARGINZ on PdfDoc (did you mean 'SetMargins'?).

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
%>