Its likely I'm being dense here... but does the PDF viewer not meet your needs?
https://livecode.com/products/livecode-platform/pdf-viewer/ <https://livecode.com/products/livecode-platform/pdf-viewer/> Regards, Heather Heather Laine Customer Services Manager LiveCode Ltd www.livecode.com > On 3 Mar 2017, at 15:24, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I have used LiveCode (then MetaCard) to write content >> in PDF templates, so I do not understand the requirement >> that file should have no changes. >> > > The file I upload needs to be indistinguishable from the pdf the court > issues to fill in at any arbitrary density. > > At the moment, I'm simply recreating by pasting into fields. What *should* be > happening is placing fields over an eps made from the court's own pdf. > > This particular form was the breaking point: > http://www.nvb.uscourts.gov/downloads/mmm/forms/NVB105-3_OrderDebtorsMtnReferraltoMMM.pdf > > I have created paragraph by paragraph, but I now have a clerk insisting > that it be this exact pdf--so I have to go back to my original plan. With > livecode, this *should* happen by turning it into page by page eps's, > putting each on a card, and laying fields over them, and then "printing" to > a pdf file. > > Unfortunately, due to the lack of eps support, the only possible way is to > make png's, put the fields in front of those, delete the png when printing, > and then use shell tools (pdftk, pdfjar, pdftools, etc.) to overlay each > page of my livecode output onto the form pdf. > > This is fairly straightforward on unix (mac, linux). However, I need to > insure that the third party software is installed, and for good measure, > support at least two ways of doing it. > > Windows? beats me. > > iOS? I'd be shocked if the tools are there. I'd have to license the code. > > android? beats me again. > > But all in all, I've lost "write once". > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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