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Artefact is a framework to generate PDF documents in Pharo.
https://github.com/pharo-contributions/artefact

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Artefact is a framework to generate PDF documents in Pharo.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/pharo-contributions/artefact
Owner: pharo-contributions
License: mit
Created: 2018-10-02T19:24:54.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: development
Last Pushed: 2024-06-25T14:18:42.000Z (7 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-03T17:09:47.154Z (5 months ago)
Topics: pdf, pharo, smalltalk
Language: Smalltalk
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/artefactpdf/
Size: 677 KB
Stars: 18
Watchers: 5
Forks: 7
Open Issues: 6
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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        # Artefact

[![Pharo](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?style=for-the-badge&message=Pharo&color=3297d4&logo=Harbor&logoColor=FFFFFF&label=)](https://www.pharo.org) 

[![PDF](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?style=for-the-badge&message=PDF&color=044a64&logo=PDF&logoColor=FFFFFF&label=)]([https://www.sqlite.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF))

**Artefact** is a framework to generate PDF documents in [Pharo](https://www.pharo.org).

Artefact is written and supported by Olivier Auverlot and Guillaume Larcheveque (aka The Pasta Team) with contributions from Pharo community

[![Unit Tests](https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/workflows/Build/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/actions?query=workflow%3ABuild)

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## Description

It is fully written in Smalltalk and doesn't require any native library. Artefact is light, platform independant and offer to users a high level of abstraction in order to easily creating PDF documents.

- Completely written in Smalltalk (and only Smalltalk),

- Complete freedom about the order of creation for pages, elements... (no need to follow the document order)

- Multi format and orientation for pages

- Page composition based on reusables PDF elements,

- Extensibility by offering a composition standard to create your own high level elements

- StyleSheet that can be reused in many documents and avoid wasting time and place with duplication

- Image support with JPEG and PNG formats

- Pre-defined high level elements like datagrid

- Support PDF compression to produce compact files

[![Demo](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Jc_Z_YnW2uM/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc_Z_YnW2uM)

## Install Artefact 

To install Artefact on your [Pharo](https://www.pharo.org) image you can just execute the following script:

### Load and use:

```Smalltalk

Metacello new

	githubUser: 'pharo-contributions' project: 'Artefact' commitish: 'master' path: 'src';

	baseline: 'Artefact';

	load

```

Check the demo and examples in the *"Artefact-Examples"* package.

### Develop:

If you want to contribut to development load the latest development branch:

```Smalltalk

Metacello new

	githubUser: 'pharo-contributions' project: 'Artefact' commitish: 'development' path: 'src';

	baseline: 'Artefact';

	load

```

### Add Artefact to your project(s):

To add Artefact to your baseline just add this:

```Smalltalk

spec

	baseline: 'Artefact'

	with: [ spec repository: 'github://pharo-contributions/Artefact:master/src' ]

```

Note that you can replace the #master by another branch as #development or a tag as #v1.0.0, #v1.? or #v1.2.? .

## Getting started

To start using Artefact, you should look at the

- [Guide](./docs/Guide.md)

- [Tutorial](./docs/Tutorial.md)