Please note that this documentation is for the most recent version of this extension. It may not be relevant for older versions. Related documentation can be found in the documentation directory of the extension.
How to write a PDF template, which returns the PDF as string?
This is useful, if you like to attach the created PDF to a mail or something else.
<html xmlns:f="http://typo3.org/ns/TYPO3/CMS/Fluid/ViewHelpers"
xmlns:fpdf="http://typo3.org/ns/CodingMs/FluidFpdf/ViewHelpers"
data-namespace-typo3-fluid="true"><f:spaceless>
<f:format.raw>
<fpdf:pdf destination="S">
<fpdf:addPage orientation="P" size="A4">
<fpdf:setFont family="Arial" style="B" size="10" />
<fpdf:text x="10" y="10" text="Hello Pdf-World" />
<fpdf:setXY x="40" y="40" />
<fpdf:cell width="40" height="10" text="Hello World!" />
</fpdf:addPage>
</fpdf:pdf>
</f:format.raw>
</f:spaceless></html>The important thing is, that there're no spaces and the PDF-Code is not escaped!
Documentation
TYPO3 Fluid-FPDF
This extension provides you a complete set of ViewHelpers for dealing with FPDF by using Fluid. You can use the ViewHelpers easily in own Extensions just by defining the fpdf-Namespace. Additionally you're able to use the build in plugin, for displaying predefined PDF. This plugin offers you automatically all available PDFs.