Embedded PDFs in Windows Menu

[Bob Sneidar]

It sounds like he is dealing with file permissions. His app can create but not write. I’ll bet the PDF file is 0 kbytes. 

I would try saving the file using open file <filename> for binary write; write to file <filename>; put the result into tResult, close file <filename> then check for tResult

Bob S


> On Dec 31, 2023, at 8:52 AM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> the subject of Charles post is a bit misleading.
> The problem does not have to do with the menu.
> 
> Charles problem is the following. He stored several PDF files on macOS as custom properties. His program allows the user to save the PDF to hard disk using a menu entry.
> The command for creating the PDF is
> put the PDFfile1 of this stack into URL “binfile:……..“
> 
> When the PDF is saved on macOS the PDF is readable (on Windows and macOS), when the PDF is saved on Windows, a PDF with blank pages is created.
> 
> I am not sure, if this maybe has to do with encoding or so?
> 
> Regards,
> Matthias
> 
> Von meinem iPad gesendet
>> Am 31.12.2023 um 16:18 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>> I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about?
>> 
>> Are you asking about launching a PDF from a menu item under a "Windows" menu?
>> 
>>> On 12/31/2023 9:41 AM, Charles Szasz via use-livecode wrote:
>>> I have found that a method I use (proposed by LC tech support a few years ago to embed PDFs in a Windows menu (using custom properties) does not work in LC 9+. It does work on a Mac. Anybody have solution for this problem?
>>> 
>>> 
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