pdf procedures

[Frank Schnater]

hello all,

for some time I'm trying to find out how the pdf procedures in vectorscript work:

-AcquireExportPDFSettingsAndLocation

-ClosePDFDocument

-ExportPDFPages

-OpenPDFDocument

I tried some things, but nothing happens. The functionreference files are not very instructive.

tia,

Frank Schnater

[Dieter @ DWorks]

They actually work togheter.

I changed them to one procedure for easier use:

PROCEDURE ExportToPDF(pages : DYNARRAY of STRING; inSeparateDocuments : BOOLEAN);
VAR
	currentPage, pageResult : INTEGER;
	firstPage, lastPage : INTEGER;
	firstBook, lastBook : INTEGER;
	activeLayer : HANDLE;

BEGIN
	IF AcquireExportPDFSettingsAndLocation(inSeparateDocuments) THEN BEGIN
		activeLayer := ActLayer;
		GetArrayDimensions(pages, firstPage, lastPage, firstBook, lastBook);
		IF inSeparateDocuments THEN BEGIN
			FOR currentPage := firstPage TO lastPage DO BEGIN
				IF OpenPDFDocument(pages[currentPage]) THEN BEGIN
					Layer(pages[currentPage]);
					pageResult := ExportPDFPages(pages[currentPage]);
					ClosePDFDocument;
				END;
			END;
		END ELSE BEGIN
			IF OpenPDFDocument('') THEN BEGIN
				FOR currentPage := firstPage TO lastPage DO BEGIN
					IF GetLayerByName(pages[currentPage]) <> NIL THEN BEGIN
						Layer(pages[currentPage]);
						pageResult := ExportPDFPages(pages[currentPage]);
					END;
				END;
				ClosePDFDocument;
			END;
		END;
		Layer(GetLName(activeLayer));
	END;
END;

The pages variable is an array of layer names.

[Frank Schnater]

hello Dworks,

I'll see if I can get it to work now,

thank you for your response,

Frank Schnater

[Hippocode]

Is it possible to choose the PDF name beforehand ?

I tried it by changing the following:

IF OpenPDFDocument(customnamehere?.pdf) THEN

But that ain't the way

[Dieter @ DWorks]

Is it possible to choose the PDF name beforehand ?

I tried it by changing the following:

IF OpenPDFDocument(customnamehere?.pdf) THEN

But that ain't the way

Your name must be a string, so enclose it with '

And I think that ? will not work in a filename.

Edited June 20, 2013 by DWorks

[Hippocode]

Yeah I did that, this wasn't my source code so it actually was ('filename.pdf'), yet it keeps using the active vw document name

Edited June 20, 2013 by hippothamus

[Dieter @ DWorks]

It could be a bug. I did this a long time ago and do not remember having that issue.

[Hippocode]

It could be a bug. I did this a long time ago and do not remember having that issue.

If its a bug its in version 2010,2011 and 2013.