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how can I print a card from iPad?
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:12 am
by OzSanta
G'day coders
I've got a project that's working fine on mac OS, but am trying to get it to work on iOS (iPad). Everything's OK except for printing on the simulator. Before I pay to enable it to be run on an actual iPad, I have two questions.
1. Can a PDF be created of a given card, and sent by email?
2. Can a hard copy be printed?
and of course, how?
Regards
Santa
Re: how can I print a card from iPad?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:06 am
by OzSanta
G'day
I've found the mergExt site, and purchased the mergDoc extension. However, I have some questions about it. I can't yet test it's output, as I'm only running on the simulator, but...
1. How can I change the output PDF's from the name 'test.pdf'.
2. Is my code below correct? (the included example is very, very difficult to understand for a newbie)
3. I want to automatically add a second 'contract' pdf to the email body. Can this be done?
Regards
Santa
Code: Select all
on goPrint test
local tPDFFile
if test = empty then put false into test
if the platform = "iPhone" then
if test = true then
answer question "Do you want to Print this card, or email it." with "Print" or "eMail" or "Cancel"
if it = "Cancel " then exit goPrint
put it into thetest
else
put "Print" into theTest
end if
end if
lock screen for visual effect
put the colors of this stack into tempcolors
set the backgroundcolor of this stack to "255,255,255"
put the printPaperRectangle into tRectangle
put item 1 of tRectangle +20 into item 1 of tRectangle
put item 2 of tRectangle +20 into item 2 of tRectangle
put item 3 of tRectangle - 20 into item 3 of tRectangle
put item 4 of tRectangle - 20 into item 4 of tRectangle
unlock screen with visual effect dissolve
if the platform = "MacOS" then
answer printer
if the result is not "Cancel" then
set formatForPrinting of this stack to true
print this card into tRectangle
set formatForPrinting of this stack to false
end if
end if
if the platform = "iPhone" and theTest = "Print" then
put specialFolderPath("Documents") & slash & "test.pdf" into tPDFFile
delete file tPDFFile
open printing to pdf tPDFFile
print this card into tRectangle
close printing
rreHardcopyPrintPDF tPDFFile, "Test PDF Print"
if the result is not "OK" then answer "Print PDF returned" && the result
end if
if the platform = "iPhone" and theTest = "eMail" then
put specialFolderPath("Documents") & slash & "test.pdf" into tPDFFile
delete file tPDFFile
open printing to pdf tPDFFile
#mergDocShowOpenInMenu tPDFFile
mergDocShowOptionsMenu tPDFFile
if "Menu Shown" is not in the result then answer "Print PDF returned" && the result
#delete file tPDFFile
end if
lock screen for visual effect
set the backgroundcolor of this stack to "255, 245, 220"
unlock screen with visual effect dissolve
end goPrint
Re: how can I print a card from iPad?
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:20 am
by maxs
OK Can I print a document or PDF from Livecode on an ipad?
I tried this code. It seems to turn a card into a pdf. I just want to print a pdf.
on mouseUp
## we are allowed to write here:
put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/Name of your pdf here.pdf" into tPrintPDF
open printing to pdf tPrintPDF
print this card
close printing
## Check if file has been created, optional
answer (there is a file tPrintPDF)
## Will be TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise
end mouseUp