Create image from SVG widget

[Brian Milby]

Here's a link to the post in the archives:
http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2018-September/250326.html

I could get close, but still needed to work out a way to translate the path
to improve upon what was already discussed.  (I can get the actual bounding
box, but it doesn't really help with eliminating the need to use the cropIt
handler.)

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:18 PM Brian Milby <brian at milby7.com> wrote:

> You do not need a file, but you do need additional code.  I found a
> handler from a Sep 2018 thread that wraps a path to form the input needed
> for the compile.  LC Mark mentioned an internal call that could enhance the
> process but I didn’t see any code that leveraged it.  Let me take a crack
> at it and see what I come up with.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 21, 2020, at 5:08 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Brian
> >
> >> Am 21.09.2020 um 23:03 schrieb Brian Milby via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> >>
> >> This may be what you're looking for:
> >>
> >> put drawingSvgCompile(tFileText) into tDrawing
> >> set the text of image "svgImage" to tDrawing
> >> http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=30441#p163024
> >> The stack in the forum post will let you see the difference in how a
> >> particular svg file is rendered in the browser widget, as a SVG path
> >> (widget), and as a SVG Compiled Drawing (image).  There is some
> additional
> >> code available that will translate the path (effectively trim extra
> space
> >> around the image) that I have not incorporated.
> >
> > thank you!
> >
> > But I thought we could do this from a SVG widget without the need of a
> .svg FILE.
> > Was I dreaming?
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Klaus
> >
> > --
> > Klaus Major
> > https://www.major-k.de
> > klaus at major-k.de
> >
> >
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