Print stack as PDF

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Fri Aug 29 05:40:17 EDT 2008


Buongiorno Paolo,

> Jan, Rob,
> your messages have been very helpfull.
> in MacOSX command "printerOutput" does a good job, printing a stack  
> in PDF
> from revolution.
> Still, I wuold like to find solution for the windows platform  
> without any
> external software.
> I wonder, if Quartam PDF Library, combined with command "import  
> shapshot",
> can produce a PDF file  similar to the one you get from the "printer
> output".

Sure it does, I do it all the time! :-)

I do this:
1. Export a Screenshot to a temporary file (the tempname & ".jpg" or  
whatever)
2. "Wrap" some PDF around it
-> Use the library to create a simply PDF with only this image in it
3. Save this PDF to disk
4. No step 4!

Done :-)

> Thanks a lot.
> Paolo

Best

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de





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