Hi Alan, have you looked at the PDF driver in the current version of PLplot? It is also based on the HARU library. I have no experience with it, but it may be a good alternative for what you are trying to do. If not, it may be a good opportunity to extend that driver.
Regards, Arjen On 2011-02-28 19:04, Alan Ritchie wrote: > Hi all > > I have an old app that uses the win3 driver to draw in a HWND that is > passed from the app to the driver. I had also tweaked the HARU pdf > driver to draw into an existing pdf file rather than create one from > scratch for the plot. I now want to port the app to windows x64, and > update it to the current version of plplot. > > The old win3 driver took a HWND as a command line argument, I intend to > modify the wingcc driver to do something similar rather than creating a > window for itself. Or is there a better windows driver to use? > > Similarly the pdf driver takes a FILE*, initialises a new PDF document, > draws the graph, and saves the pdf file. I had modified the driver to > skip the opening and saving part, and just draw to a supplied handle. I > intend to tidy it up and submit it, so a couple of questions before I do > so. > > Supplying the HWND, HPDF_Doc and HPDF_Page handles to the drivers - is > there a better way than passing them as driver options through > plsetopt()? This would need a change to include a pointer type as a > possible option. The alternative would be adding a PLESC_DEVINIT > handler (or similar) to the drivers and calling pl_cmd to pass a handle > straight to the driver. But currently there is no time to set the > handles between plinit() calling pllib_devinit() which sets the dispatch > table, and plP_init() which would create the handles. So it needs > either plPlotP.h to be included in the app so that pllib_devinit() can > be called from the app, or a new function that does the first part of > plinit() to set up the dispatch table, but stops to allow pl_cmd() calls > before calling plinit(). > > Should the entire pdf page be treated as the plplot surface, with the > calling program setting a viewport for the plot, or should I add options > to specify the surface as a bounded region within the page? > > Should I just submit the changes when I am finished, or should I set up > a change request or something else? > > > Regards > > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in > Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data > generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual > or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business > insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
