Re-2: Revbrowser / How to automatically refresh browserwindows to load "modified" Pdf

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Hallo Klaus,

thanks for the help. It´s so easy, if one knows how to do it....

Matthias

auch aus "Germanski"

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Revbrowser / How to automatically refresh browserwindows to load "modified" Pdf (19-Apr-2008 12:21)
From:    Klaus Major <klaus at major-k.de>
To:      runrev260805 at m-r-d.de

> Hi MadHias :-)
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > i want to create a little stack, which just opens a pdf file from an  
> > url and refreshes this window every 30 seconds to keep track of a  
> > possible modification of that pdf.
> 
> This is quite simply.
> 
> > I tried "Browser Sampler.rev" in examples. But that example is over  
> > my head at the moment. I do not need any buttons like back, stop,  
> > forward and so on, because there is only one pdf file to be displayed.
> 
> The buttons are definitvely not compulsory!
> 
> > But the most important thing is, how can i refresh the browser  
> > windows automatically without pressing a button and without locking  
> > the app when using a loop or a wait.
> 
> OK, here we go:
> 
> 1. Create a stack in the desired size for the PDF.
> 2. Create an empty image object in that stack in the same size.
> This can even be invisible since it is only needed as a reference for  
> the dimensons of the browser overlay.
> 
> 3. Put this into the script of your stack:
> ###############################
> 
> local tRefresh_msg
> ## Will hold the number of the pending message that will refresh your  
> browser as described below..
> 
> on openstack
> 
>    ## Open/create a new browser:
>    put revbrowseropen(the windowID of this stack, empty) into tBrowserID
>    set the cBrowserID of this stack to tBrowserID
>    ## Could also be a global variable, but I prefer custom props.
> 
>    ## Set the dimensions of the newly created browser
>    revbrowserset the cBrowserID of this stack, "rect", the rect of img  
> "your empty image here, see Nr. 2 above..."
> 
>    ## Now load and display your PDF file:
>     revbrowserset the cBrowserID of this stack, "url", "http://path to  
> your PDF..."
>     ## Could also be a local file then use: "file:///path to your  
> PDF..."
> 
>     send "refresh_display" to this stack in 30 secs
>     put the result into tRefresh_msg
>     ...
> end openstack
> 
> ## Custom handler to refresh the display of the PDF file (reload)
> command refresh_display
>     revbrowserrefresh the cBrowserID of this stack
>     send "refresh_display" to this stack in 30 secs
> 
>    ## Store the number of the pending message, so we can cancel it on  
> "closestack"!
>     put the result into tRefresh_msg
> end refresh_display
> 
> on closestack
>    ## Cancel the pending message
>    cancel tRefresh_msg
> end closestack
> 
> ## You could also add a "resizestack" handler, if needed,
> ## then you should just set the rect of that "browser" image to the  
> rect of cd 1
> 
> ###############################
> 
> That's it :-)
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> > Regards,
> >
> > Matthias
> 
> Best from germanski
> 
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
> 
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