Rabels Library
October 13th, 2008
Rabels is a ruby library that provides the ability to create a PDF file of mailing labels. The Rabels::Address and Rabels::LabelSpecification classes are populated by the user and passed into the create_labels method as parameters. Rabels requires the pdf-writer library to actually generate the PDF.
WARNING
Rabels is a dead project. You should use pdf-labels instead. It’s much better, as it comes pre-configured with a bunch of label types, and its API lets you put anything you want on the label (not just an address).
Usage
# Create an address that Rabels can use
address = Rabels::Address.new(
:addressee => 'Mr. & Mrs. John and Jane Doe and Family',
:address_line_1 => '12345 Mockingbird Lane',
:city => 'Chicago',
:state => 'IL',
:zip => '60606')
# Dump 10 of these addresses into an Array
addresses = []
10.times { addresses << address }
# Create some specifications for the labels, specifying sizes in inches
label_spec = Rabels::LabelSpecification.new(
:page_margin_top => 0.5,
:page_margin_bottom => 0.5,
:page_margin_left => 0.15625,
:page_margin_right => 0.15625,
:label_width => 2.625,
:label_height => 1,
:label_font => 'Times-Roman',
:label_font_size => 10,
:label_font_color => Color::RGB::Black,
:label_justification => :center)
# Create the PDF
Rabels.create_labels(addresses, label_spec, 'test.pdf')
# Create a new PDF, using the pre-configured specs for the
# Avery 8660 label
Rabels.create_labels(addresses,
Rabels::get_preconfigured_label_specifications['AVERY_8660'],
'test2.pdf')
