Re: Do you see a better way of doing this with PDF::API2?

Dear Bob,

> Now the question is, how can I make this faster program wise (it isnt 
> THAT slow, on a 10 page pdf it takes 45 seconds or so)? The one thing 
> I can think of that would work is if I could combine steps 2 & 3, so 
> that while I am making the multipage pdf I can save the current page 
> as a new pdf without closing the multipage pdf. Is it possible to 
> save a page on the fly with a new name and not close the current pdf? 
> Or, can I copy the current page contents into a new pdf structure and 
> save that?
>   

Yes you can conflate steps 2 & 3. For example in the Text::PDF module
(that PDF::API2 was based on) there is an example program to insert
blank pages into a pdf. So it wouldn't be hard to extend that to insert
your photographs. If Text::PDF can do it, then I'm pretty certain that
PDF::API2 would be able to do it as well, and probably easier.

Yours,
Martin