mORMot Open Source

mdoyle

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Registered: 2020-11-29

Posts: 26

mORMot PDF crossplatform

I’ve been a big fan of mORMot for a long time, and I’ve used the PDF engine extensively over the years. It’s a powerful library, and I really appreciate how much it can do.

Recently, with the move to Lazarus on macOS and Linux, I became especially interested in a cross-platform solution for PDF generation and reporting. That led me to build and refine a project that abstracts the platform-specific parts and works across those environments.

This is a very complex library, so I relied heavily on Claude to help with the porting and integration work. It has been extremely useful in navigating the complexity and getting the cross-platform pieces to fit together cleanly.

The project currently includes 6 example files that demonstrate the main use cases and APIs:

direct PDF generation,
TCanvas-style usage,
report generation,
markdown/export flow,
CJK support,
RTL/Arabic text handling.

You can find the project on https://github.com/martin-doyle/mORMot2 … ssPlatform.

I’d love to hear whether this kind of cross-platform mORMot PDF/reporting project is of interest to others in the community. If there is interest, I’d be happy to share more details and examples.

Martin