Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
FAO Charles Szasz,
I hate Adobe Reader, and don’t really go for Preview (except for its useful
options).
I use SKIM (unfortunately this app is Mac Only), great appleScript interface,
and as user friendly as you get.
I open files from a LiveCode script like this : (Care with line wraps)
put "set GVFilePath to POSIX file " & quote & GVDataPath & field "MyTitle" &
quote into line 1 of GVMasterScript
put "tell application " & quote & "Skim" & quote into line 2 of
GVMasterScript
put "set myDocument to open GVFilePath" into line 3 of GVMasterScript
put "tell myDocument" into line 4 of GVMasterScript
if field "MyPagesC" is empty then -- Do we have any
page numbers ?
put 1 into GVPage — If not, set
to default - Page 1.
else
put char 1 to 3 of field "MyPagesC" into GVPage — such as “1.5” which
is desired text size.
end if
if field "MyPageC" = 2 then put round(GVPage/2 + 1) into GVPage — I wonder
why I did this ????
if field MyScaleC is empty then put "2.0" into field MyScaleC — Default
text size for me.
put field MyScaleC into LVScaleFactor
put "set view settings to {scale factor:" & LVScaleFactor & ", auto
scales:false}" into line 5 of GVMasterScript
put "go to page " & GVPage into line 6 of GVMasterScript
put "end tell" into line 7 of GVMasterScript
put "activate" into line 8 of GVMasterScript
put "end tell" into line 9 of GVMasterScript
--
-- AppleScript is now complete. So execute it !
--
do GVMasterScript as AppleScript
Note : field “MyTitle” is the title of my pdf file (in my liveCode Stack), the
file I want to open.
GVMasterScript is the script I build in line and feed to appleScript.
GVDataPath is a global variable containing the partial path to my
LiveCode folder containing my file (end with “/“)
GVFilePath is a global variable containing my complete file path
(including the file suffix).
field “MyPageC” is the page of the pdf (in my liveCode stack) I want
to go directly to.
field “MyScaleC” is the scale of the pdf file (in my liveCode stack)
as I want it displayed
(I use scales of 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0, depending on the
text size I want on the screen)
The appleScript will launch SKIM with the required parameters (there are more
possible parameters that I don’t use).
The pdf file will be displayed in the foreground, in front of your LiveCode
Stack.
You can find more info in Skim/appleScript (if you are patient) when you
google “appleScript for SKIM”.
I hope you find this useful.
Francis
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