Getting Started
This tutorial will walk you through all the steps to build the Data Mailer example. Data Mailer takes a template PDF file, and some information (from a database or where ever), and creates two postcards with customized graphics and text. You can download this tutorial as a single .zip file here.
If you have never written any code before, then you probably want to look at the Python tutorial first. It is automatically installed with PDF Snake, and can be found in the Start Menu under Program Files | PDFSnake | Python | Python Manuals. It can also be found on the Python home page.
If you have written code before, in any language, then you should be able to read and understand the examples in this tutorial, even if you don't know Python.
This tutorial assumes you have a text editor and know how to used it. A text editor is a program that let's you view and edit text files. Notepad will work, but I recommend you choose one of the many, free text editors with a Python mode that will automatically highlite important words in the Python language. This is called font coloring. Any search for the string "python text editor" on your favorite search engine or free software site should turn up a good list.