> Hi,
Hi Markus!
> since our project team is going to need to create PDF documents with
> complex layouts soon and Zend_PDF does not really support hits right
> now, we are considering adding support for cells and tables by
> ourselves.
>
> Before we do that, I'd like to inquire if there are already plans (and
> more importantly, time-tables) for adding those features to Zend_PDF
> "officially".
>
> Given that there have been quite a few patches and enhancements by
> other
> users who also proposed these for official inclusion, I am also
> wondering if Zend is currently considering one those options? If the
> current patches are not being considered, it would be good to know
> why,
> so we could work towards not repeating mistakes others have already
> made
> and maybe be able to contribute our code?
IMO even if there is a big rewrite of Zend_Pdf in the feature it
should hold us up adding API improvements and needed features. As I
myself found it quite complicated to draw even simple text I started a
new proposal for some enhancements: <http://framework.zend.com/wiki/x/UwDI
>. There has also been a proposal for Zend_Pdf_Cell <http://framework.zend.com/wiki/x/cak
>, but for some reason Logan Buesching didn't respond to comments.
Maybe he could at least give us his code under the CLA to work upon.
Of course all changes done now should be made as forward compatible as
possible, because a bigger rewrite of Zend_Pdf might happen. As long
as we make that rewrite not to complicated, which shouldn't be that
hard (even if it gets more modular we could keep the old methods, but
mark the deprecated), I'm all for giving it some love.
> Best wishes,
> Markus
nico
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