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Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:19 am
by trags3
Hi I have been absent from LC for a Little over a year. The last time I asked It didn't appear that it was possible to Print to PDF on an android device.
Is there a solution to this yet? I only need to print one card to a PDF file and then email it.
Thanks
Tom Ragsdale
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:18 am
by dunbarx
Hi.
I don't do mobile, and I use an iPhone.
But I see in the application settings that the PDF printer inclusion has the android icon, which I assume means that this library is supported.
Craig Newman
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:48 am
by Klaus
Hi Tom,
no, printing to PDf is definitively not supported on Android (yet?).
You can always check this in the dicitonary, there are all supported platforms for a command listed.
@Craig
no idea where you are seeing this but appearances are deceiving.
Best
Klaus
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:04 pm
by bogs
Hm. I thought it was going to be seen here, isn't that an android icon? ?
- Android icon for printing...
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:19 pm
by Klaus
Yes, it is, but: Printing <> PDF library!
Scroll down to see that library without the Android icon.
Impatient young people of today...
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:30 pm
by bogs
Your mistaking 'impatience' with 'lack of comprehension ability', at this point in the morning, the 2nd is certainly lacking for me
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:36 pm
by Klaus
Whatever, work on both!
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:34 pm
by dunbarx
All.
Attached is a screen shot of the inclusions pane in the "Application "Settings":
Screen Shot 2018-06-29 at 10.29.46 AM
[attachment=0]Screen Shot 2018-06-29 at 10.29.46 AM.png
It could just be me, but "PDF" and "Printing" seem lawfully close together, along with that chicken, or whatever it is...
Craig
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:44 pm
by Klaus
Hi Craig,
so what?
That's a penguin and stands for LINUX and not Android, which has this little green robot (android) icon.
Best
Klaus
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:55 pm
by trags3
Could a Widget be built that can take a card and generate a PDF of that card?
If so then one would be able to generate a PDF on Android.
Am I right?
Tom
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:56 pm
by capellan
Hi Tom,
Using Quartam PDF Library, you could generate a PDF from LiveCode:
http://www.quartam.com/
In 2011, Jan Schenkel published this Library as open source under
a dual license:
viewtopic.php?t=7315
On Android, I could save vector graphics as adobe ilustrator 5, pdf and svg files
from a LiveCode stack into the Android Documents folder, so it should be possible
to save a PDF created from a card.
Al
Re: Printing to PDF on Android
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:11 am
by trags3
Hi Al,
You found both of my posts on this topic. I appreciate your help and will give it a try..
Tom