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by LarryMade2 4793 days ago
Ive used FPDF/FPDI most of the time I used it to generate preformatted mailing labels (the best output method that is compatible with any printer, just format it with scaling "off" in mind.) Maybe a letter or report or two...

But the main thing that drew me to PDF utilities was to programmatically fill out pre-existing PDF forms. With FPDI i would load in the form and then overlay the data on top of it. Not as easy as charts and tables, as some data exists as one line per row and other might have several lines per row of data. different positions, etc. (here's a fun form I had worked with: http://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/CD9600.P... depending of family size or care situation could be multiple pages...) If you can crack stuff like that in an easy-ish to use API, I think you would catch more developers interest.