# Generating pdf documents with PDF, missing FPDI

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generating-pdf-documents-with-pdf-missing-fpdi/149393>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generating-pdf-documents-with-pdf-missing-fpdi/149393 "2008-09-24T12:25:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![liberte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9e8a1a/32.png) [@liberte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liberte)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generating-pdf-documents-with-pdf-missing-fpdi/149393/1 "2008-09-24T12:25:50Z")

</div>

Hello,

with PHP I often generating PDF documents with the FPDF library. This  
library is ported to Rails and work fine for my tasks until now.  
Now I have to edit and extends some PDF master drafts with some text.  
Under PHP I using FPDI for this task. Now I can’t find a port of FPDI to  
Ruby.

Anybody know an other gem for editing PDF master drafts?

If no, can anybody help me, porting FPDI to Rails? I’m not new in Rails,  
but my knowlegde about creating a library, gem or port to Rails is very  
poor. Is there a good instruction for that?

Thanks, Daniel