SID-00587: PDF-Output with real cover-sheet / first-page

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.3.2	Perl version:
Category:	GenPDFAddOn	Server OS:		Last update:	16 years ago

How could I create a real title-page with a "first-page / cover-sheet". All I can do with the variables is to set header, footer, ...

The pdf starts with the first-page "linked TOC" - but I would like to start with a cover-sheet like a book!

All detailed examples are welcome!

PS: A TWiki fork has a newer version of this Plugin with the use of title-page. But this should be rewritten ... Does anybody support the same for TWiki?

Thanks, Norbert

-- NorbertKress - 2009-10-26

Discussion and Answer

You can do title pages with this version too. See GENPDFADDON_TITLETOPIC in the documentation at Plugins.GenPDFAddOn.

For the detailed example, see my GenPdfForm.zip attached to Plugins.GenPDFAddOnDev for an easy way to add title pages (for some reason, that archive needs to be renamed as .rar to work on Windows)

-- SeanCMorgan - 2009-10-26

I've downloaded the zip/rar-file and set-up as described. Where do I find the "PDF-button". I thought, that this is a new menu-point at the bottom of the topic? Sorry for my question ...

-- NorbertKress - 2009-10-26

Yes, it will appear in the menu at the bottom of every topic. You have to add it yourself, as per the instructions section in the text file of that archive:

Add a toolbar button that points to the form by editing TWiki/templates/viewtopicactionbuttons.tmpl:

• Insert the PDF button in this line:

  %TMPL:DEF{"topicactionbuttons"}%%TMPL:P{"action_activatable_edit_or_create"}%%TMPL:P{"action_activatable_attach"}%TMPL:P{"action_printable"}%%TMPL:P{"action_PDF"}%%TMPL:P{"action_revisions"}%%TMPL:P{"action_backlinks_simple"}%%TMPL:P{"action_raw_or_view"}%%TMPL:P{"action_activatable_raw_edit"}%%TMPL:P{"activatable_more"}%%TMPL:END%
  
  

• Add these two lines:

  %TMPL:DEF{"action_PDF"}%%TMPL:P{"PDF"}%%TMPL:P{"sep"}%%TMPL:END%
  %TMPL:DEF{"PDF"}%<span><a href='%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%TWIKIWEB%/GenPdfForm?baseweb=%WEB%&basetopic=%TOPIC%' %MAKETEXT{"title='PDF version of this topic' accesskey='d'>P&DF"}%</a></span>%TMPL:END%
  
  

BTW, here's what it looks like:

-- SeanCMorgan - 2009-10-27

Ok, that's fine and I had done so! Problem is/was, that I have installed the SmartEditAddOn and this has put itself in TWikiPreferences with * Set SKIN ... , smartedit, pattern= into "front". So I have to make the changes there, or do you have a better idea, to get the GenPDF-Button working with %TMPL:DEF{"topicactionbuttons"}%...

All good hints are welcome!!

-- NorbertKress - 2009-10-27

I'm not sure (I don't use SmartEdit). But I'm using the preference setting for the add-on:
    * Set GENPDFADDON_SKIN = print,pattern
in Main/TWikiPreferences. Perhaps that will help.

Otherwise, you could try overloading the skin with a hidden field in the GenPdfForm (name=skin, value=genpdf).

-- SeanCMorgan - 2009-10-28

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