Re: Vector export?
Hi Graham - I think I’ve had that blank page problem before and the solution was to use ‘print break’ between each card that was printed - even if there was only one card. My print routine for a multi page A4 report goes something like this… set the printPaperSize to 595,842 # A4 size set the printScale to 1 open printing to pdf tPath if the result is "Cancel" then exit printReport put 0,0,595,842 into tRect print card "A" of this stack into tRect print break print card "B" of this stack into tRect print break print card "C" of this stack into tRect close printing As far as the titlebar thing goes I guess you can just add a field or whatever that is only shown when printing, in which case you would temporarily need to move the rest of the card controls down a tad. Terry... On 21/02/2015 12:26 am, "Graham Samuel" wrote: >I am keen to implement this, but I came up against a couple of little >problems: > >1. If I try to export a whole window (a card, really), after setting the >printPaperSize to the window’s dimensions and printMargins to zero, I >get two pages in my PDF, the first one blank. The print statement itself >says ‘print this card’, which should print one card, and the page size >seems right, so it’s a mystery. Can anyone say why this happens? > >2. Actually I even wanted to show the title bar of the window, which >exporting the card doesn’t do (this is not a bug, just the way it works, >AFAICS). I decided to add a bit extra to the height of the page to >accommodate at least a bit of empty space to represent the title bar, but >this didn’t work. I still got two pages, and the second page was the >exact size of the window. Mysterious again. > >OTOH, the quality of the PDFs is superb. > >Graham > >> On 20 Feb 2015, at 00:38, Terry Judd wrote: >> >> David¹s right - PDF export is definitely the way to go. It¹s even good >>for >> bitmaps if you use high res images that have been sized down and locked >> within LC. >> >> Terry... >> >> On 20/02/2015 9:56 am, "Graham Samuel" wrote: >> >>> Ha! Sounds promising. Midnight here, I¹ll investigate tomorrow. Thanks >>> >>> Graham >>> On 19 Feb 2015, at 23:33, dfepst...@comcast.net wrote: For high resolution export of vectors: open printing to pdf David Epstein >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> 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 > > >___ >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
Re: Vector export?
I am keen to implement this, but I came up against a couple of little problems: 1. If I try to export a whole window (a card, really), after setting the printPaperSize to the window’s dimensions and printMargins to zero, I get two pages in my PDF, the first one blank. The print statement itself says ‘print this card’, which should print one card, and the page size seems right, so it’s a mystery. Can anyone say why this happens? 2. Actually I even wanted to show the title bar of the window, which exporting the card doesn’t do (this is not a bug, just the way it works, AFAICS). I decided to add a bit extra to the height of the page to accommodate at least a bit of empty space to represent the title bar, but this didn’t work. I still got two pages, and the second page was the exact size of the window. Mysterious again. OTOH, the quality of the PDFs is superb. Graham > On 20 Feb 2015, at 00:38, Terry Judd wrote: > > David¹s right - PDF export is definitely the way to go. It¹s even good for > bitmaps if you use high res images that have been sized down and locked > within LC. > > Terry... > > On 20/02/2015 9:56 am, "Graham Samuel" wrote: > >> Ha! Sounds promising. Midnight here, I¹ll investigate tomorrow. Thanks >> >> Graham >> >>> On 19 Feb 2015, at 23:33, dfepst...@comcast.net wrote: >>> >>> For high resolution export of vectors: open printing to pdf >>> >>> David Epstein >> >> >> ___ >> 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 ___ 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
Re: Vector Export?
Right, I was talking about bitmaps. All screen exports are some kind of bitmap. If I need a higher resolution I open the file in Graphic Converter or Photoshop and increase the resolution. The PDF idea is interesting, I hadn't thought of that. On February 19, 2015 4:55:35 PM CST, Graham Samuel wrote: >Sorry Jacque, I don’t understand. Suppose I have say a filled rectangle >(‘draw' not ‘paint', thus a vector image). When I export it, I think >this ends up as a bitmap with the resolution of the screen it was >displayed in while in LC. Is this what you’re seeing? What about a >group containing say vector items and also text? In theory this could >be exported as an image with no inherent resolution, so capable of >being reproduced at different resolutions as required. I don’t seem to >get anything other than bitmaps. > >Graham > >> On 19 Feb 2015, at 22:22, J. Landman Gay >wrote: >> >> On 2/19/2015 10:50 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: >>> Is there any way to export a vector image? What I’m actually trying >>> to do is to export a screenshot that can have a higher resolution >>> than that of the screen, for printing and so on. Other apps can do >>> this, in effect (I mean they can have enlargement and/or >>> resolution-changing features). >>> >>> What do people do when they want a high-res output? >> >> I usually just run images through an image processing app after >export if I need to alter them. I'm not aware of any way to change the >resolution from within LC. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 > > >___ >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 -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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
Re: Vector export?
David¹s right - PDF export is definitely the way to go. It¹s even good for bitmaps if you use high res images that have been sized down and locked within LC. Terry... On 20/02/2015 9:56 am, "Graham Samuel" wrote: >Ha! Sounds promising. Midnight here, I¹ll investigate tomorrow. Thanks > >Graham > >> On 19 Feb 2015, at 23:33, dfepst...@comcast.net wrote: >> >> For high resolution export of vectors: open printing to pdf >> >> David Epstein > > >___ >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
Re: Vector export?
Ha! Sounds promising. Midnight here, I’ll investigate tomorrow. Thanks Graham > On 19 Feb 2015, at 23:33, dfepst...@comcast.net wrote: > > For high resolution export of vectors: open printing to pdf > > David Epstein ___ 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
Re: Vector Export?
Sorry Jacque, I don’t understand. Suppose I have say a filled rectangle (‘draw' not ‘paint', thus a vector image). When I export it, I think this ends up as a bitmap with the resolution of the screen it was displayed in while in LC. Is this what you’re seeing? What about a group containing say vector items and also text? In theory this could be exported as an image with no inherent resolution, so capable of being reproduced at different resolutions as required. I don’t seem to get anything other than bitmaps. Graham > On 19 Feb 2015, at 22:22, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > On 2/19/2015 10:50 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: >> Is there any way to export a vector image? What I’m actually trying >> to do is to export a screenshot that can have a higher resolution >> than that of the screen, for printing and so on. Other apps can do >> this, in effect (I mean they can have enlargement and/or >> resolution-changing features). >> >> What do people do when they want a high-res output? > > I usually just run images through an image processing app after export if I > need to alter them. I'm not aware of any way to change the resolution from > within LC. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 ___ 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
Re: Vector export?
For high resolution export of vectors: open printing to pdf David Epstein ___ 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
Re: Vector Export?
On 2/19/2015 10:50 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: Is there any way to export a vector image? What I’m actually trying to do is to export a screenshot that can have a higher resolution than that of the screen, for printing and so on. Other apps can do this, in effect (I mean they can have enlargement and/or resolution-changing features). What do people do when they want a high-res output? I usually just run images through an image processing app after export if I need to alter them. I'm not aware of any way to change the resolution from within LC. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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
Vector Export?
AFAICS when one does ‘export snapshot’, the result is a bitmap even though the original object or group may have been a vector image or made up of vector images. At least that’s what I’ve seen from experimenting with the ‘export’ features of LC Is there any way to export a vector image? What I’m actually trying to do is to export a screenshot that can have a higher resolution than that of the screen, for printing and so on. Other apps can do this, in effect (I mean they can have enlargement and/or resolution-changing features). What do people do when they want a high-res output? TIA Graham ___ 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
