Question

How do I change the font size to export the pdf at datatables plug in?
I looked at the sources and could not find where does it!

any body can help me??
thanks

Answer 1

As Adam stated, you must modify the action script. In TableTools 2.0.1 the file i the one that Adam stated.
In the action script Fonts are defined on line 212 for the title:

        pdf.setFont( new CoreFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA), 14 );//14 is the font size
        if ( title != "" )
        {
            pdf.writeText(11, title+"\n");
        }

and on line 218 for the other text

        pdf.setFont( new CoreFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA), 11 );
        if ( message != "" )
        {
            pdf.writeText(11, message+"\n");
        }

There is full reference for the library used to generate the PDF (i point out the font-part) here : http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/alivepdf-asdoc/org/alivepdf/fonts/FontFamily.html

After you have modified the action script you must compile a new copy_cvs_xls_pdf.swf with the command found on top of the action script file:
Compile using: mxmlc –target-player=10.0.0 -static-link-runtime-shared-libraries=true -library-path+=lib ZeroClipboardPdf.as

You’ll need the Flex 4 SDK to build the SWF – which you can get free from the Adobe open source pages.

I tried it and it works.

You should always check out http://datatables.net/forums/ also, i found this that helped me compile the file!

hope it helps