Introduction

What does it do?

This is a TYPO3 CMS extension that provides various Fluid ViewHelpers to generate PDF documents. Using the ViewHelpers from this extension you can make any Fluid template into a PDF document. The extension pdfviewhelpers is using TCPDF and FPDI for the PDF generation.

Key features

  • ViewHelpers to render text and lists

  • ViewHelper to render images (supporting FAL and image processing)

  • ViewHelpers to repeatedly render header and footer

  • ViewHelper to render HTML / rich-text content

  • ViewHelper to avoid page breaks inside

  • ViewHelpers to create a multi column layout

  • ViewHelpers to create a table of content

  • Load existing PDF documents as template

  • Define and apply different text types easily

  • Fully customizable by writing your own ViewHelpers

  • Supports batch creation of PDFs

  • Supported output destinations: string, inline, download and file

  • Usable both in frontend and backend

  • Rich inheritance based TypoScript settings

  • Rich API documentation with lots of examples