[gdal-dev] Can a GepPDF be generated using a Composition file from command line?

[Ian Mayo]

Hello Andrew,
thanks for the (very) prompt response.

I'm aware of the Python route - I referred to it in my posting.

My context is that I'd like to generate the PDF on a system that only
has GDAL installed.  Your strategy would involve distributing (and
maintaining) a python distribution too.

So, I guess my question remains:

"Is it possible to use the XML Composition file directly from GDAL
commands on the command line?"

Thanks for your support,
Ian

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 13:50, Andrew C Aitchison <andrew at aitchison.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2020, Ian Mayo wrote:
>
> > The documentation page for PDF via GDAL includes the description for
> > using an XML Composition File:
> > https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/pdf.html#creation-of-pdf-file-from-a-xml-composition-file-gdal-3-0
> >
> > But, the description only gives examples of the XML Composition file
> > being used from C++ or Python code.
> >
> > Is it possible to use the XML Composition file directly from GDAL
> > commands on the command line?
>
> That page links to
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/gdal/master/gdal/swig/python/samples/gdal_create_pdf.py
> which is a python script to do exactly that.
>
> > (presumably the Composition file would be passed as a -co creation
> > option parameter)
>
> def Usage():
>      print('Usage: gdal_create_pdf composition.xml out.pdf')
>      return -1
>
> ... so you don't even need the "-co" argument.
>
> --
> Andrew C. Aitchison                                     Kendal, UK
>                         andrew at aitchison.me.uk



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