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= documenter

Documenter is small collection of scripts to work with different format of documents
It includes:
* Odf and Odt classes to fill forms, tables and e.t.c
* File format convertor based on JodConvertor. To work with it, you need to have open office istalled localy
* Pdf worker based on pdftk. You should install it too
* Csv class to work with csv more easely

== Installation
 
% gem install documenter

== Example

=== Csv

Load data from file into two demetions array
data = File.open('test.csv').csv(:cell_split => ';')

Export data to csv file
data.to_csv(:file => 'myout.csv', :header => ['a','a+100'], :cell_split => ';')


=== Convertor

Convertor.convert 'test.xls', 'test.pdf'

=== Pdf

Join files together

Pdf.cat ['a.pdf','b.pdf'], 'output.pdf'

Split pdf to pages
second parameter - string that would be used as a pattern to save each page

Pdf.burst 'hello.pdf', 'doc/page_%.6d.pdf'


#opening existing document
doc = OdtFile.new 'custom_register.odt'
#set value of form field
doc.text.fill_form('number' => 'test')
#search for table and yield first row copy for each data row
doc.text.edit_table(:name => 'posts', :data =>posts) do |row, content|
    #replace form fields
    row.replace_form(content)
    #we shoul return row back
    row
end
doc.save  'out.odt'
#you should use close to delete temporary files
doc.close

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
documenter-0.0.5	README.rdoc
documenter-0.0.4	README.rdoc
documenter-0.0.3	README.rdoc