I want to wrap the string at 30,700 in this script. What is the best way of doing this, I have tried using textWrap but it does not seem to work. This is my code:
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
canvas = canvas.Canvas("Forensic Report.pdf", pagesize=letter)
canvas.setLineWidth(.3)
canvas.setFont('Helvetica', 12)
canvas.drawString(30,750,'LYIT MOBILE FORENSICS DIVISION')
canvas.drawString(500,750,"Date: 12/02/2018")
canvas.line(500,747,595,747)
canvas.drawString(500,725,'Case Number:')
canvas.drawString(580,725,"10")
canvas.line(500,723,595,723)
canvas.drawString(30, 700, 'This forensic report has been compiled by the forensic examiner in conclusion to the investigation into the RTA case which occured on 23/01/2018')
canvas.save()
print("Forensic Report Generated")
Perhaps you want to use the drawText?
Doing so, your code will be
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
canvas = canvas.Canvas("Forensic Report.pdf", pagesize=letter)
canvas.setLineWidth(.3)
canvas.setFont('Helvetica', 12)
canvas.drawString(30,750,'LYIT MOBILE FORENSICS DIVISION')
canvas.drawString(500,750,"Date: 12/02/2018")
canvas.line(500,747,595,747)
canvas.drawString(500,725,'Case Number:')
canvas.drawString(580,725,"10")
canvas.line(500,723,595,723)
line1 = 'This forensic report has been compiled by the forensic'
line2 = 'examiner in conclusion to the investigation into the RTA'
line3 = 'case which occured on 23/01/2018'
textobject = canvas.beginText(30, 700)
lines = [line1, line2, line3]
for line in lines:
textobject.textLine(line)
canvas.drawText(textobject)
canvas.save()
This is also the solution suggested here. Unfortunately, I do not see it as a valid solution for automatic text wrapping in new lines, i.e. you should manage how to split the string yourself.