On 03/06/2013, at 01:38 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au>wrote: > >> Perhaps you could 'replace' all the bitmaps with either graphic or text >> objects when you do your pdf export. If you have lots of checkboxes for >> example you could replace these with a simple x or tick. Any buttons you >> don't really need to show could also go. > > > Wait a minute . . . shouldn't a checkbox be a postscript drawn object, not > a bitmap? That would be *easier* in postscript than a bitmap (although > I've never written pdf directly; just postscript. Is there a shortcut?)
They definitely look bitmapped to me. Magnify the pdf content and the text and field borders scale perfectly - the checkboxes on the other hand pixelate. Terry... > > A sane postscript output would put functions into the output, and each box > or checkbox would be a function call with 5 paramaters (2 corners & width); > and similarly for a line. > > The pdfwriter code seems to be only a few pages long, but I haven't gotten > my c++ (let alone objective c) back up to speed yet. > > BTW, my output is completely devoid of bitmaps (OK, there is a single > repeated bitmap in the cover page pdf; the firm logo). > > > > > > > -- > 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 > Dr Terry Judd Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Eduction Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ 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