Introduction
pscoblib
is a Cobol library to generate PostScript files. It's aim is to give a
set of functions that will ease the production of PostScript file. The
library is in a primitive state but can still be used for some simple
tasks.
The
project borned when I had to create PostScript files for our new set of
PS laser color printers. I found the pslib library,
written in C which is a beautiful library. Writting a wrapper around
the library was an option bit I prefered a rewrite of some of the
procedures in Cobol. So, you'll find some similarities in the name of
the procedures!
At
the present time, pscoblib is written in Micro Focus Object Cobol and
has been tested under Linux with the Object Cobol Developper Suite and
under Windows with Net Express.
Documentation
The
library is composed of a psdoc class and all methods are to be found in
the pscoblib.cbl file. The example given is a start to create a
workable program.
Download
The file can be
found on Sourceforge.
History
20.04.2005
pscoblin first announced.
To
Do
A lot of work !
- Everything
(or nearly) around text manipulation.
- Problem
while sending parameters:
move 0.05 to width
invoke ps
"PS-Setlinewidth" using width
works
invoke ps
"PS-Setlinewidth" using 0.05
does not!
- Generation
of patterns.
- ....
Licence
pscoblib is
licensed under the GPL license.
Contact
You can contact
Alain Reymond at the following address : alain dot reymond at ceia dot
com.
