TCPDF - README

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Name: TCPDF

Version: 5.9.002

Release date: 2010-10-08

Author:	Nicola Asuni



Copyright (c) 2002-2010:

	Nicola Asuni

	Tecnick.com s.r.l.

	Via Della Pace, 11

	09044 Quartucciu (CA)

	ITALY

	www.tecnick.com



URLs:

	http:  www.tcpdf.org

	http:  www.sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf



Description:

	TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF files on-the-fly without requiring external extensions.



Main Features:

    * no external libraries are required for the basic functions;

    * all standard page formats, custom page formats, custom margins and units of measure;

    * UTF-8 Unicode and Right-To-Left languages;

    * TrueTypeUnicode, OpenTypeUnicode, TrueType, OpenType, Type1 and CID-0 fonts;

    * font subsetting;

    * methods to publish some XHTML + CSS code, Javascript and Forms;

    * images, graphic (geometric figures) and transformation methods;

    * supports JPEG, PNG and SVG images natively, all images supported by GD (GD, GD2, GD2PART, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM) and all images supported via ImagMagick (http:  www.imagemagick.org/www/formats.html)

    * 1D and 2D barcodes: CODE 39, ANSI MH10.8M-1983, USD-3, 3 of 9, CODE 93, USS-93, Standard 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, CODE 128 A/B/C, 2 and 5 Digits UPC-Based Extention, EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, UPC-E, MSI, POSTNET, PLANET, RMS4CC (Royal Mail 4-state Customer Code), CBC (Customer Bar Code), KIX (Klant index - Customer index), Intelligent Mail Barcode, Onecode, USPS-B-3200, CODABAR, CODE 11, PHARMACODE, PHARMACODE TWO-TRACKS, QR-Code, PDF417;

    * Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, Spot Colors and Transparencies;

    * automatic page header and footer management;

    * document encryption and digital signature certifications;

    * transactions to UNDO commands;

    * PDF annotations, including links, text and file attachments;

    * text rendering modes (fill, stroke and clipping);

    * multiple columns mode;

    * bookmarks and table of content;

    * text hyphenation;

    * text stretching and kerning;

    * automatic page break, line break and text alignments including justification;

    * automatic page numbering and page groups;

    * move and delete pages;

    * page compression (requires php-zlib extension);

    * XOBject Templates;





Installation (full instructions on http:  www.tcpdf.org):

	1. copy the folder on your Web server

	2. set your installation path and other parameters on the config/tcpdf_config.php

	3. call the examples/example_001.php page with your browser to see an example



Source Code Documentation:

	doc/index.html



For Additional Documentation:

	http:  www.tcpdf.org



License

	Copyright (C) 2002-2010  Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com S.r.l.



	TCPDF is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it

	under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as

	published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the

	License, or (at your option) any later version.



	TCPDF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but

	WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

	See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.



	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License

	along with TCPDF.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.



	See LICENSE.TXT file for more information.



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