On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:40:27PM +0200, jan bahnsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) - user creates an area (e.g. a web-link hotspot) in PDF and tags > this area with an ID instead of a web address > 2) - PDFs are converted using pdf2swf > 3) - a script parses the swf to know the coordinates of the active > area and also gathers the ID for this area > 4) - swfc is used to create the logic for the converted SWF to know > which ID needs to be filled with which content > > where i am struggling now is 1) and 3) because i havent figured out > yet how to find out the exact coordiates of e.g the created hotspot.
Use swfdump -b -u. "-b" will tell you the bounding box of all shapes (DEFINESHAPE) in the PDF/SWF. Weblinks will be visible as DEFINEBUTTON. "-u" tells you which shape belongs to which button, and hence the button's bounding box. Greetings Matthias
