txt2pdf.cgi

txt2pdf.cgi

Developed by SANFACE Software
Version 3.0 25th January 2001

What is txt2pdf.cgi?

txt2pdf.cgi is a very flexible cgi-bin application based on the powerful txt2pdf tool. With version 3.0 you can find it included inside the txt2pdf standard distribution. txt2pdf.cgi is only a cgi example, you can use it or customize it to suit your needs. Obviously if you plan to keep using it, you need to register txt2pdf.

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Installation

The install of txt2pdf.cgi installation isn't as simple as that of txt2pdf itself.
You need to install the following along with your web server:

PERL5 or Activestate PERL5
CGI.pm module
Mime::Lite module (this module requires you have sendmail on your web or you can use another sendmail installation)

You need to configure these variables inside the txt2pdf.cgi code:

$dirpath/$dirhome/ is the path used by txt2pdf.cgi for all it's configuration files.
$sendmail the sendmail host used by txt2pdf.cgi application (Default is localhost).
$Counter_file the counter file (remember the user of the cgi needs to have the privilege to write it).
$intext the files where the cgi writes the input text (remember the user of the cgi needs to have the privilege to write it).
$cfg_file the file where the cgi writes the configuration txt2pdf.cfg file (remember the user of the cgi needs to have the privilege to write it).
$outpdf the files where the cgi writes the output pdf (remember the user of the cgi needs to have the privilege to write it).
$pdfurl the URL of the output file (remember the user of the cgi needs to have the privilege to write it)

Why do you use the trick that txt2pdf.cgi doesn't produce directly a PDF file but writes it on a web directory and send to the user browser an HTML with inside a link to the correct PDF?
When a cgi application generates directly a PDF file, some browsers can't understand it's a PDF. (Any other suggestions are welcome).

Test

You can test every cgi application made with CGI.pm from command line. (Read the CGI.pm documentation).
e.g. perl txt2pdf.cgi
If the test is good, move the txt2pdf.cgi application in your cgi directory (remember to give it the permission of execution).
http://www.yourcompany.com/cgi-bin/.../txt2pdf.cgi
without parameters will generate a HTML form.
To have better performances save it and and personalize it.

What's new

txt2pdf.cgi is now inside the standard txt2pdf distribution
New license: txt2pdf.cgi code is freeware. You can completely modify it.

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