S PDF error and printer solutions

David,

I wrote the PDF library.  It is an open source project, so there is no
formal support other than doing exactly what you have done - asking on
a mail list or usenet group.

On 21/03/06, Dario Trussardi <[hidden email]> wrote:
> When i test the PDFSelfTest test08 method any is print.
>
> With one hold S PDF parcel the same method print one page with one
> rectangle.

Test 8 should produce a pdf file called spdf08.pdf containing one
landscape page with a square drawn on it with a black border and no
fill.  The latest version I published (1 023) does indeed do this.
The dmurphy  (1 23) version produces a blank page which is not
correct.

For now, I suggest you use version 1 023.

> In general is your experience positive about this SPDF support ?

Oh, yes.  Very good :-)

> How you have resolved the documentation problem in VW Smalltalk ( Word -
> Excel " COMinterface " ? PDF ? Printer support, Document support )

For myself, I have only used the PDF library to produce documents from
VW.  If I wanted to produce an editable document these days I'd look
at creating an ODT (Open Document Text) file.

HTH,
   Bruce
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On 21/03/06, Bruce Badger <[hidden email]> wrote:
> David,

> On 21/03/06, Dario Trussardi <[hidden email]> wrote:
...

Ouch - sorry Dario.  My apologies for getting your name wrong :-(

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Bruce,

can SPDF check or validate an existing .pdf file?.

Federico
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:38:18 +1100
>From: "Bruce Badger" <[hidden email]>  
>Subject: Re: S PDF error and printer solutions  
>To: "Dario Trussardi" <[hidden email]>
>Cc: [hidden email]
>
>David,
>
>I wrote the PDF library.  It is an open source project, so
there is no
>formal support other than doing exactly what you have done -
asking on
>a mail list or usenet group.
>
>On 21/03/06, Dario Trussardi <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> When i test the PDFSelfTest test08 method any is print.
>>
>> With one hold S PDF parcel the same method print one page
with one
>> rectangle.
>
>Test 8 should produce a pdf file called spdf08.pdf containing one
>landscape page with a square drawn on it with a black border
and no
>fill.  The latest version I published (1 023) does indeed do
this.
>The dmurphy  (1 23) version produces a blank page which is not
>correct.
>
>For now, I suggest you use version 1 023.
>
>> In general is your experience positive about this SPDF
support ?
>
>Oh, yes.  Very good :-)
>
>> How you have resolved the documentation problem in VW
Smalltalk ( Word -
>> Excel " COMinterface " ? PDF ? Printer support, Document
support )
>
>For myself, I have only used the PDF library to produce
documents from
>VW.  If I wanted to produce an editable document these days
I'd look
>at creating an ODT (Open Document Text) file.
>
>HTH,
>   Bruce
>--
>Make the most of your skills - with OpenSkills
>http://www.openskills.org/
>

On 22/03/06, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Bruce,
> can SPDF check or validate an existing .pdf file?.

No.  Somone once picked up the library with a view to building a PDF
reader, but I didn't hear how that worked out, so I guess nothing came
of it.

As it stands, the library is about writing PDF files only.

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