Kevin Miller wrote:
> Almost right. We were aiming for complete parity for the heavier
> weight browser renderer in the widget to provide perfect cross
> platform compatibility and for exactly these sorts of reasons but
> it wasn't possible due to some platform specific issues we found
> integrating the framework.
>
> However PDF should still work on all platforms because:
>
> Windows & Linux are CEF (Chromium)
> Mac is WebView (WebKit based)
> iOS is UIWebView (WebKit based)
> Android is Android WebView
>
> Mac & iOS WebKit can handle it (we had originally planned to use
> Chromium on everything to get a completely consistent experience
> but had to withdraw it due to Mac specific CEF bugs).
>
> On Android there is an extra step:
>
> If your PDF is at:
> http://livecode.com/mydoc.pdf
>
> You need to wrap it with the Google doc viewer by setting the widget
> URL on Android to:
>
http://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=http://livecode.com/mydoc.pdf
>
> Chromium should be able to handle PDF on Windows/Linux. That said I
> did just see a crash when trying it just now on Windows (avoidable
> for now by using the same method as for Android). Panos has filed a
> bug :)
Way cool - thanks.
Good news for everyone who's been clamoring for PDF rendering in the
Indy and Community versions of LC.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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