Help Debug please

[Pedroski55]

Hi again!

You should read the docs here and look online for examples.

I would not enter the address by hand, save addresses in a database and read them in from there, using a customer number.

Your problem, I think, is positioning the cells on the page. I would use absolute positioning.

In the code below, just play with the x and y values and the cell width and height to get the "labels" exactly where you want them.

FPDF uses A4 size pages and millimetres, unless otherwise directed
I tried this in Idle and get the results I want.
It was interesting to see FPDF at work! Hope it helps, but I think I will stick with reportlab!

A cell won't accept line breaks, so I changed to multi_cell

>>> myfile = openPDF()
>>> labels = myPDF(myfile)
>>> labels.output(path + 'tuto1.pdf', 'F')
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from fpdf import FPDF

# quickly make a pdf for test purposes in the Idle shell
# later put this directly in the myPDF() function

def openPDF():    
    pdf = FPDF()
    pdf.set_fill_color(200,200,100)
    pdf.add_page()
    pdf.set_font('Arial', 'B', 16)
    return pdf

# take the pdf created and put cells at the required positions
def myPDF(mypdf):
    # by playing with x and y you can position your "labels" exactly where you want them
    for y in range(50, 250, 50):
        # first x value
        x_value = 10
        # this sets the position of the top left corner of the cell, I believe
        mypdf.set_xy(x_value, y)
        # now draw the cell at this position
        # change cell size to suit
        mypdf.multi_cell(40, 10, 'Hello World!', align='L', border=1, fill=True)
        # increase x and draw the cell again
        # the increase must be bigger than the width of the first cell, or the cells will be adjoining
        x_value = 70
        # this sets the position of the top left corner of the cell
        mypdf.set_xy(x_value, y)
        # now draw the cell at this position
        # change cell size to suit
        mypdf.multi_cell(40, 10, 'Hello World!', align='L', border=1, fill=True)
    return mypdf

path = '/home/pedro/pdfs/'
myfile = openPDF()
labels = myPDF(myfile)
labels.output(path + 'tuto1.pdf', 'F')