From: john sikorski <john.sikorski@...>
Date: 2006-07-28T04:05:10+09:00
Subject: PDF::Writer memory error

I'm trying to use PDF::Writer to generate a PDF version of a phone list
but I'm having out of memory problems.  The document is formatted for 2
column output.  I originally added all names (about 500)  to a single
four column SimpleTable object which ran without error, albeit slow.  I
then tried creating seperate tables for each letter of the alphabet,
resulting in an out of memory error.  Google searches found a few
others experiencing the same problem.  One suggestion was to set
split_rows=true which did prevent the error but the pdf generated was
poor, rows spilling over to the next page, column headings appearing
twice, and a few other odd problems.  Does anyone know how to make this
work with PDF::Writer?  Any suggestions for other Ruby PDF API's?

Thanks,

John