Method: FPDF#initialize

Defined in:
lib/fpdf.rb

#initialize(orientation = 'P', unit = 'mm', format = 'A4') ⇒ FPDF

Returns a new instance of FPDF.



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# File 'lib/fpdf.rb', line 54

def initialize(orientation='P', unit='mm', format='A4')
    # Initialization of properties
    @page=0
    @n=2
    @buffer=''
    @pages=[]
    @OrientationChanges=[]
    @state=0
    @fonts={}
    @FontFiles={}
    @diffs=[]
    @images={}
    @links=[]
    @PageLinks={}
    @InFooter=false
    @FontFamily=''
    @FontStyle=''
    @FontSizePt=12
    @underline= false
    @DrawColor='0 G'
    @FillColor='0 g'
    @TextColor='0 g'
    @ColorFlag=false
    @ws=0
    @offsets=[]

    # Standard fonts
    @CoreFonts={}
    @CoreFonts['courier']='Courier'
    @CoreFonts['courierB']='Courier-Bold'
    @CoreFonts['courierI']='Courier-Oblique'
    @CoreFonts['courierBI']='Courier-BoldOblique'
    @CoreFonts['helvetica']='Helvetica'
    @CoreFonts['helveticaB']='Helvetica-Bold'
    @CoreFonts['helveticaI']='Helvetica-Oblique'
    @CoreFonts['helveticaBI']='Helvetica-BoldOblique'
    @CoreFonts['times']='Times-Roman'
    @CoreFonts['timesB']='Times-Bold'
    @CoreFonts['timesI']='Times-Italic'
    @CoreFonts['timesBI']='Times-BoldItalic'
    @CoreFonts['symbol']='Symbol'
    @CoreFonts['zapfdingbats']='ZapfDingbats'

    # Scale factor
    if unit=='pt'
        @k=1
    elsif unit=='mm'
        @k=72/25.4
    elsif unit=='cm'
        @k=72/2.54;
    elsif unit=='in'
        @k=72
    else
        raise 'Incorrect unit: '+unit
    end

    # Page format
    if format.is_a? String
        format.downcase!
        if format=='a3'
            format=[841.89,1190.55]
        elsif format=='a4'
            format=[595.28,841.89]
        elsif format=='a5'
            format=[420.94,595.28]
        elsif format=='letter'
            format=[612,792]
        elsif format=='legal'
            format=[612,1008]
        else
            raise 'Unknown page format: '+format
        end
        @fwPt,@fhPt=format
    else
        @fwPt=format[0]*@k
        @fhPt=format[1]*@k
    end
    @fw=@fwPt/@k;
    @fh=@fhPt/@k;

    # Page orientation
    orientation.downcase!
    if orientation=='p' or orientation=='portrait'
        @DefOrientation='P'
        @wPt=@fwPt
        @hPt=@fhPt
    elsif orientation=='l' or orientation=='landscape'
        @DefOrientation='L'
        @wPt=@fhPt
        @hPt=@fwPt
    else
        raise 'Incorrect orientation: '+orientation
    end
    @CurOrientation=@DefOrientation
    @w=@wPt/@k
    @h=@hPt/@k

    # Page margins (1 cm)
    margin=28.35/@k
    SetMargins(margin,margin)
    # Interior cell margin (1 mm)
    @cMargin=margin/10
    # Line width (0.2 mm)
    @LineWidth=0.567/@k
    # Automatic page break
    SetAutoPageBreak(true,2*margin)
    # Full width display mode
    SetDisplayMode('fullwidth')
    # Enable compression
    SetCompression(true)
    # Set default PDF version number
    @PDFVersion='1.3'
end