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PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:14 pm
by MaxV
Hi all,
I'm trying to convert a stack to a PDF, in a standalone application. Unfortunately standAlone application use different (and ugly) fonts. I use:
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on printCards
put "./ProvvigioniAgenti.pdf" into tFile
open printing to pdf tFile
go to card 1
print this stack
close printing
end printCards
on OpenStack
crearereport #this delete all cards and recreate new ones
#printer settings
set the printMargins to "0,0,0,0"
set the printPaperSize to "700,930"
set the formatForPrinting of this stack to true #it's already true, however I put this too
printCards
close this stack
end OpenStack
is always true, but here the differences (click on the preview, the first is the IDE and the second is the StandAlone):
I develop on WinXp, but StandAlone application will work on Win7, can be this the problem?
Re: PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:30 pm
by MaxV
Even WinXp standapplication on WinXp IDE lead to the same problem...
Re: PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:32 pm
by FourthWorld
You might try setting the formatForPrinting property of the stack containing the data you're printing to "true". See that entry in the Dictionary for details.
Re: PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:21 pm
by MaxV
I already did it without result.
Re: PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:49 pm
by Klaus
Hi Max,
"usually" fonts are embedded into a PDF, no idea if LC works this way, too.
Looks like some fonts are not present and get replaced, are you using fonts
that are definitively installed on any Win PC like "Arial" and "Verdana"?
Best
Klaus
Re: PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:35 pm
by MaxV
I solved this way:
- the stack must be closed
- set the formatForPrinting of that stack to FALSE, this trigger something. Even if it's already set to false, you must set to false again to trigger some in livecode font events.
- go to the stack,
- Create or modify your cards in the stack
- set the formatForPrinting to TRUE, this trigger again Livecode and correct fonts.
- Now you can create PDF (or print).
the big problem for me was to realize that Livecode doesn't look for the status of formatForPrinting, but he looks at
the change of status of it. The other important thing is: stack closed for FALSE, stack open for TRUE.
Re: PDF font
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:42 pm
by Klaus
Ah, thanks for the hint!
This "formatforprinting" thingy was always a mistery to me
