a

Defines a link or local reference. Can be used anywhere within a <body> element except in a <multicell> element

Modifier Description
name Defines a local anchor
href Defines a link

Example 

	
<a name="here">This is a local anchor</a>
<a href="#here">This ia a local link</a>
<a href="http://pdml2.sf.net">This is an external link</a>

author

Defines the author of the document. Can be used in a <head> element.

Example 

	
<pdml>
<head>
	<author>Casalogic</author>
</head>
...

b

Sets the font weight to bold. Can be used anywhere within a <body> element except in a <multicell> element

Example 

	
This would be <b>bold</b> in your pdf document.

body

The <body> tag is used to mark the start and end of the documents body - e.g. the content of the document. It must be used only once within the <pdml> tag.

Example 

		
<pdml>
<head>
	<title>Mytitle</title>
</head>
<body>
	..content..
</body>
</pdml>

bookmark

xxx

Example 

	
xxx

br

The <br> tag forces a line break. Can be used anywhere within a <body> element except in a <multicell> element

Modifier Description
height Sets the height of the line. Defaults to the size of the current font.

Example 

	
<!-- This would result in two lines -->
Line1<br>Line2

cell

Defines a single line of text. Can have a border, background, position and alignment. This is used mostly to create tables and position single text elements precisely. Can be used anywhere within a <body> element except in a <cell> or <multicell> element.

Modifier Description
left Left margin. Defines the distance to the left side of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
top Top margin. Defines the distance to the top of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
width Width of the cell. Defaults to the reminder of space on the page.
height Height of the cell. Defaults to the reminder of the space on the page.
color When set indicate that a border is needed and this margin. Defines the distance to the left side of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
fillcolor Background color. Defaults to transparent.
next [ right | bottom | break ]. Define where the flow will continue after this cell. Defaults to right. Often used to create tables, where the break option are used to cause a new row.
align Alignment of the content in the cell. Defaults to left.

Example 

	
..
<body>
..
<!-- single cell element with red background and blue border  -->
<cell top="5" left="5" border="#0000ff" fillcolor="#ff0000">Single cell</cell>
..
<!-- Small 2x2 table -->
<cell>upper-left</cell><cell next="break">upper-right</cell>
<cell>lower-left</cell><cell next="break">lower-right</cell>
..

circle

Draws a circle. Can be used anywhere within the <body> elemement.

Modifier Description
from X,Y. Circle center.
radius Circle radius.
color Circle border color. Default is black.
fillcolor. Fillcolor (background). Default is black.
border Border width. Defaults to 0.2mm.

Example 

	
<circle from="5cm,5cm" radius="4cm">

column

Starts a multi-column layout. This element can be used anywhere within a <body> element, except insider a <cell> or a <multicell> element.

Modifier Description
left Left margin. Defaults to current position in the document.
top Top margin. Defaults to current position in the document.
count Number of columns. Defaults to two.
width The width of the columns. Default is to use the remaining width of the page devided by number of columns (count).
height The height of the columns. Default is to use the remaining height of the page.
break [ page | line ]. if set to 'page', a new page starts everytime all columns are filled. if set to 'line', start a new row under the current one.
spacing width between columns. Only meaningfull if break is set to 'line'.

Example 

	
n/a

div

Defines a text element that can have border, background, position and size etc. This element can be used anywhere within a <body> element, except insider a <cell> or a <multicell> element.

Modifier Description
left Left margin. Defines the distance to the left side of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
top Top margin. Defines the distance to the top of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
width Width of the cell. Defaults to the reminder of space on the page.
height Height of the cell. Defaults to the reminder of the space on the page.
color When set indicate that a border is needed and this margin. Defines the distance to the left side of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
fillcolor Background color. Defaults to transparent.

Example 

	
..
<div fillcolor="#a1b2c3">Text on colored background</div>
..

ellipse

Used to draw an ellipse. Can be used anywhere within the <body> element.

Modifier Description
from X,Y. Ellipse center.
xradius Ellipse X radius.
yradius Ellipse Y radius.
color Circle border color. Default is black.
fillcolor. Fillcolor (background). Default is black.
border Border width. Defaults to 0.2mm.

Example 

	
<ellipse from="8cm,8cm" xradius="4cm" yradius="2cm">

font

Used to specify the font family, size and color that is used for the text. This element can be used anywhere within a <body> element, except insider a <multicell> element.

Modifier Description
face Sets the font family.
color Sets the color of the font
size Sets the font size.

Example 

	
..
<font size="10pt">This would be text size 20pt - rather large</font>
..

footer

This is a special element to create a footer on the page. Instead of being rendered directly it is saved until the end of the page is reached, then it is added to the page. It is often used together with the <multicell> element, that can be placed more precisely.

Example 

	
<pdml>
<body>
Body tekst
	<footer>
	----------------------
	This is my footer
	</footer>
</body>
</pdml>

head

This element is not rendered directly. It is placed just after the starting <pdml> element and can be used to specify some document information like author and title.

Example 

	
<pdml>
<head>
	<author>Casalogic</author>
</head>
<body>
..

header

The <header> element is not rendered direcly. Instead it is saved until a new page starts and it is then added to the page top. It can be used anywhere inside the <body> element except in a <cell> or <multicell> element.

Example 

	
..
<body>
	<header>--- This is my header ---</header>
	..
	some content
	...
	<page>
..

i

Renderes the text a italics.

Example 

	
..
This would be <i>italics</i> in your pdf docuemnt.
..

img

You can use this tag to insert images into your pdf file. It can be used anywhere within a <body> element except in a <cell> or <multicell> element.

Modifier Description
src Mandatory. You must specify this option as the path and filename to your image.
left Left margin. Distance to the left side of the page.
top Top margin. Distance to the top of the page.
width Width of the image.
height Height of the image.

Example 

	
..
<img src="logo.jpg" top="10" left="10">
..

keywords

With this tag you can specify some keywords that descripe your document. It must be placed within the <head> tags.

Example 

	
<pdml>
<head>
	<keywords>pdml2, pdf, hmtl-like, library, php</keywords>
</head>
..

line

xxx

Modifier Description
from X1,Y1. Defines the starting point for the line.
to X2,Y2. Defines the end point for the line.
color The color for the line.
width The width of the line.

Example 

	
..
<!-- horizontal, red line -->
<line from="10,10" to="50,10" color="#ff0000">

<!-- vertical, blue line -->
<line from="10,10" to="10,50" color="#0000ff">
..

multicell

Works line the <cell> tag, except that it can span several lines.

Modifier Description
left Left margin. Defines the distance to the left side of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
top Top margin. Defines the distance to the top of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
width Width of the cell. Defaults to the reminder of space on the page.
inter Defines space between lines.
color When set indicate that a border is needed and this margin. Defines the distance to the left side of the paper. Defaults to the current position in the document.
fillcolor Background color. Defaults to transparent.
next [ right | bottom | break ]. Define where the flow will continue after this cell. Defaults to right. Often used to create tables, where the break option are used to cause a new row.
align Alignment of the content in the cell. Defaults to left.

Example 

	
..
<multicell top="10" left="10">
This is line 1
This is line 2
</multicell>
..

page

xxx

Modifier Description
orientation [ landscape ]. Sets the orientation of the page. Defaults to Portrait.

Example 

	
..
<body>
<page>
This is page 1
<page>
This is page 2
</body>
..

pdml

Defines the start and end of your pdf document. The <pdml> tag must be the first tag and </pdml> the last tag.

Example 

	
<pdml>
<head>
	<title>Welcome to Pdml2</title>
</head>
<body>
<page>
	This is page one
<page>
	This is page two
</body>
</pdml>

rect

Draws a rectangle. Can be used anywhere inside the <body> element, except inside a <cell> or <multicell> element.

Modifier Description
from X1,Y2. Start point for the rectangle (upper-left corner). Defaults to current location in the document.
left Sets distance to left side of the page. This is depreciated. Use the from modifier.
top Sets distance to the top of the page. This is depreciated. Use the from modifier.
to X2,Y2. Sets the end point of the rectangle.
width Width and height can be used in sted of the to modifier.
height Width and height can be used in sted of the to modifier.
color Sets the border color. Defaults to black.
fillcolor Sets the fill (background) color. Defaults to black.
border Sets the border width. Defaults to 0.2mm

Example 

	
..
<rect width="50" height="50">
..

rotate

xxx

Modifier Description
angle Sets the angle in degrees. Values from 0 to 360. Defaults to 45 degrees.
center X,Y. If defined, specifies a point around which the content is centered. Remember to define you units - otherwise it might not work as you expect.

Example 

	
<rotate center="3cm,3cm" angle="270" >0123456789876543210</rotate>

script

Allows for the inclusion of Javascript.

Example 

	
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subject

The <subject> tag can be used within the <head> tag to specify the subject of the document.

Example 

	
..
<head>
	<subject>Mysubject</subject>
</head>
..

title

Used in the <head> section to give the document a title.

Example 

	
..
<head>
	<title>Mytitle</title>
</head>
..

u

Underlines text. Can be used anywhere within the <body> section, except in a <cell> or <multicell> element.

Example 

	
This is <u>underline</u> here