diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e69de29..6359e84 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +# TCPDF Library for Joomla! + +__If you already know how to use TCPDF and you need it for a Joomla! project, than this is a library package to be used in Joomla! Easy to install and update.__ + +TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF files on-the-fly without requiring external extensions. +This library includes also a class to extract data from existing PDF documents and classes to generate 1D and 2D barcodes in various formats. + +## 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 v1, TrueType, OpenType v1, 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/script/formats.php) ++ 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 Extension, 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, Datamatrix, QR-Code, PDF417; ++ JPEG and PNG ICC profiles, Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, Spot Colors and Transparencies; ++ automatic page header and footer management; ++ document encryption up to 256 bit 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; ++ no-write page regions; ++ bookmarks, named destinations and table of content; ++ text hyphenation; ++ text stretching and spacing (tracking); ++ 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; + * Layers and object visibility. + * PDF/A-1b support. + +Version: 6.2.12 +Release date: 2015-09-12 +Author: Nicola Asuni + +Copyright (c) 2002-2015: + Nicola Asuni + Tecnick.com LTD + www.tecnick.com + +> Compiled into an installer for Joomla 3 by [Llewellyn van der Merwe] (mailto:joomla@vdm.io) at [Vast Development Method] (https://www.vdm.io/) + +# Usage in Joomla (PHP) +` +// Import TCPDF library +jimport('tcpdf.tcpdf'); +` +or +` +// Import TCPDF library +require_once JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/tcpdf/tcpdf.php'; +` +Now you can create a new PDF document: +' +$pdf = new TCPDF(); +' + +# Documentation ++ [Source Code Documentation] (http://www.tcpdf.org) ++ [Additional Documentation] (http://www.tcpdf.org) + +# Automatic updates +This library is integrated with Joomla's automatic updates. Before updating it's mandatory that you check that your documents still work as expected. + +# License +TCPDF is licensed under LGPL ([GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE] (https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/blob/develop/LICENSE.TXT)) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/updates/extension.xml b/updates/extension.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a2e5f5a --- /dev/null +++ b/updates/extension.xml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + + + TCPDF + This is a PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions. + tcpdf + library + site + + 6.2.12 + https://github.com/vdm-io/tcpdf + + https://github.com/vdm-io/tcpdf/archive/v6.2.12.zip + + Llewellyn van der Merwe + https://github.com/llewellynvdm + + + \ No newline at end of file