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I used to set my PDF::API2 fonts like this in my Perl script, it worked fine:

Then when I wanted to print unicode characters (Russian Cyrillic characters) it did not work. I found out, that you have to use TrueType fonts and then all these special characters would work. So I tried this:

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Before I copied the file 'times.ttf' from my Windows font directory to any directory where PDF::API2 could be looking: The directory where my script is located, the directory where PDF::API2 is located, and several other directories. But I always got an 'Internal Server Error' message. The script runs on a Linux server. I also tried that:

(I created 'external_ttfs' before as a sub directory of PDF::API2's 'PDF' directory. It did not work either. I thought maybe the problem could be the 'times.ttf' file, it might not have the correct format. So I downloaded 'DejaVuSans.ttf', a free font. I copied also this file to various directories of my webspace. But also this command caused the internal server error:

Does anybody have an idea what could be the problem? Thank you in advance! I don't have a clue if the TTF file is not correct, if it cannot be found, or if there is any other problem.

2 Answers

vsinghvsingh

Do you install the Font:TTF module on Perl?Download it from here and add it to Perl lib folder then retry.

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Below is complete minimal code required to create a single PDF file using Perl module PDF::API2. The first PDF is created fine. At the start of the attempt to create the second PDF, the process fails at the second instance of line:

with the error, Can't call method 'new_obj' on an undefined value at C:/Perl64/site/lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Pages.pm line 92.

Yu gi oh gx full episodes. Why? More importantly, what change do I have to make to create a second pdf?

KarlKarl

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Using Data::Dumper after first creating $pdf reveals a lot of data:

This is all removed after the call to saveas, causing the undefined value error:

You could recreate $pdf:

but then you'd also need to add all the other method calls (corefonts, mediabox, text). Easier to put the PDF creation code into a sub:

Then call it twice with relevant arguments.

Full working example:

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