stephen barncard wrote: > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> Do we have the ability to export objects other than images in >> that build? >> >> Once we can export groups we have custom greeting cards and a >> whole lot more... >> > Richard, > > Help me out here - scratching my head... > what grouped objects would be useful on server?
Suppose for example you want to make customized greeting cards. So you have a selection of pictures, and let the user enter text, which will be embedded in the image.
If you had to calculate the pixel positions for every letter and insert them by monkeying with the imageData, it would be tedious, error-prone, and probably look horrible.
Much simpler would be to have a script that takes the input from the user, sets the text of a field, and exports a snapshot of a group which contains the field and the original picture, generating a composite JPEG which can be sent back to the browser or emailed.
There are all sorts of things we can do by combining vector objects to create raster ouput - provided, of course, that the latest LC server now has its image rendering sufficiently factored from the UI routines that it's at long last possible.
-- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web ____________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
