--- Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Buongiorno Paolo, > > > Jan, Rob, > > your messages have been very helpfull. > > in MacOSX command "printerOutput" does a good job, > printing a stack > > in PDF > > from revolution. > > Still, I wuold like to find solution for the > windows platform > > without any > > external software. > > I wonder, if Quartam PDF Library, combined with > command "import > > shapshot", > > can produce a PDF file similar to the one you get > from the "printer > > output". > > Sure it does, I do it all the time! :-) > > I do this: > 1. Export a Screenshot to a temporary file (the > tempname & ".jpg" or > whatever) > 2. "Wrap" some PDF around it > -> Use the library to create a simply PDF with only > this image in it > 3. Save this PDF to disk > 4. No step 4! > > Done :-) > > > Thanks a lot. > > Paolo > > Best > > Klaus Major >
Hi Klaus and Paolo, The 'export snapshot' trick will definitely work, but has as downside that text in fields cannot be selected and copied, and you'll see artifacts when you zoom in, as graphics (especially roundrects, ovals, lines and polygons) are also 'flattened' to pixels. If you want to do it 'step-by-step', then you'll see that converting graphics is pretty easy with the built-in commands of the library, but you'll run into limitations when it comes to text handling. Someday all the pieces will be there - but today is not that day I'm afraid. Quartam PDF Library 1.1 will have a number of new features that will bring us one step closer, but I'm still finalizing the plans and research for features that I haven't scripted yet. Once I have the exact list and a beta, I'll drop a note on this list. Cheers, Jan Schenkel. Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
