Hi Marty, i noticed that you asked for a download link to the most recent version of the stack "Vector to PDF":
<http://aulasdigitales.net/exportVector_v02c.zip> Previous versions: <http://www.geocities.com/capellan2000/vector2pdf_v02b.zip> <http://www.geocities.com/capellan2000/vector2pdf_v02.zip> <http://www.geocities.com/capellan2000/vector2pdf.zip> Searching in this mail list archives, i noticed that Monte Goulding and Jean Baptiste (JBV) had worked with PDF too. <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2003-January/012360.html> About the method that this stack uses to export vector graphics to pdf format, here is a quick recipe: Use a PDF template that it's filled with the data created from the vector graphics, images or text. I created this template examining several empty pdf created from diferent apps and reading the Adobe PDF file format specifications. This template is a small text file stored as a custom property of the stack. (In fact there are 3 templates, one for Adobe ilustrator, two for PDF) To create the data of every graphic, you could use a "repeat for each" structure and a "switch case" handler to create the pdf/illustrator code for every type of graphic: oval, rectangle, line, polygonal, curve, etc. In RR, a vector oval graphic has height and width, but in PDF/AI, a graphic shaped as an oval, has 4 consecutive bezier lines that recreate the shape. (SVG and recent versions of PDF file format allow to define ovals and rectangles in different way) Every type of graphic requires specific code for this task. Look at the diferences between the code to convert an oval and a rectangle graphic. After you have all vector data in a variable, insert this data in the PDF template: marked as &&&& in: stream &&&& endstream or in the Adobe Ilustrator template: 0 XR ***** LB Write the additional data that PDF format require, like offsets of the beginning of each section in the document trailer and (this is important for PDF format) replace all carriage return with linefeeds. Adobe Ilustrator format does not require offsets and trailer, so it's easier to write, test and debug. alejandro -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Export-to-pdf-t1185078.html#a3164272 Sent from the Revolution - User forum at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
