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2008-08-07 18:48johnf : [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget
2008-08-07 18:51Paul McNett : Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget
2008-08-07 19:05johnf : Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget
2008-08-07 19:11Paul McNett : Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget
2008-08-07 19:15Nate Lowrie : Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget
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[dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget

Author: johnf

Posted: 2008-08-07 18:48:00   Link

I don't recall any control that can display a PDF file.

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John Fabiani

©2008 johnf
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Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget

Author: Paul McNett

Posted: 2008-08-07 18:51:01   Link

johnf wrote:

> I don't recall any control that can display a PDF file.

dabo.ui.dPdfWindow

However, it only works on Windows, and not very well (it's an ActiveX

control that instantiates Internet Explorer and Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Paul

©2008 Paul McNett
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Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget

Author: johnf

Posted: 2008-08-07 19:05:47   Link

On Thursday 07 August 2008 03:51:01 pm Paul McNett wrote:

> johnf wrote:

> > I don't recall any control that can display a PDF file.

>

> dabo.ui.dPdfWindow

>

> However, it only works on Windows, and not very well (it's an ActiveX

> control that instantiates Internet Explorer and Adobe Acrobat Reader).

>

> Paul

Right I forgot about the windows dPdfWindow. Of course I'm on Linux.

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John Fabiani

©2008 johnf
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Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget

Author: Paul McNett

Posted: 2008-08-07 19:11:33   Link

johnf wrote:

> On Thursday 07 August 2008 03:51:01 pm Paul McNett wrote:

>> johnf wrote:

>>> I don't recall any control that can display a PDF file.

>> dabo.ui.dPdfWindow

>>

>> However, it only works on Windows, and not very well (it's an ActiveX

>> control that instantiates Internet Explorer and Adobe Acrobat Reader).

>>

>> Paul

>

> Right I forgot about the windows dPdfWindow. Of course I'm on Linux.

There are Linux tools to create image files from PDFs. You could do

on-the-fly conversion and display the bitmap.

Just an idea.

Or live with displaying the pdf in an external editor, using e.g.

dabo.lib.reportUtils.previewPdf()

Paul

©2008 Paul McNett
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Re: [dabo-users] is possible to display a PDF in a widget

Author: Nate Lowrie

Posted: 2008-08-07 19:15:58   Link

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Paul McNett <p@ulmcnett.com> wrote:

> johnf wrote:

>> On Thursday 07 August 2008 03:51:01 pm Paul McNett wrote:

>>> johnf wrote:

>>>> I don't recall any control that can display a PDF file.

>>> dabo.ui.dPdfWindow

>>>

>>> However, it only works on Windows, and not very well (it's an ActiveX

>>> control that instantiates Internet Explorer and Adobe Acrobat Reader).

>>>

>>> Paul

>>

>> Right I forgot about the windows dPdfWindow. Of course I'm on Linux.

>

> There are Linux tools to create image files from PDFs. You could do

> on-the-fly conversion and display the bitmap.

>

> Just an idea.

>

> Or live with displaying the pdf in an external editor, using e.g.

> dabo.lib.reportUtils.previewPdf()

I like the external viewer. No overhead and the viewers do a better

job that we could.

Nate L.

©2008 Nate Lowrie