Discussions tagged NativePDF
Hi Folks,
Couple of days ago I posted a question regarding Native PDF usage and the response was overwhelming.
https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/native-pdf-using-pb-ini-in-pb-2019
I am trying to implement Native PDF using Native PDF ...
Native PDF using pb.ini in PB 2019
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- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 1 month ago
Hi PB Gurus,
Last year we planned to use Native PDF and tested it with PB 2017. In order to use Native PDF we added below code in PB.ini and it worked fine for us. It covered 99% of different layouts and export to pdf was successful. We were a ha...
Summary band native PDF
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- How-to
- Last updated 5 months ago
- Daniel Johnson replied 4 months ago
Hi.
In PB2019R2:
We experience a weird situation when saving a datawindow to PDF using the Native method.
The summary band autosizes, even if the checkmark is off and the height is set to 0.
We have even extracted the datawindow syntax usin...
Hello,
I have a datawindow with column with Arabic characters, when I do dw.SaveAs PDF!, it looks like the arabic characters are changed its order in resulting .pdf file, however when I print the same dw on PDF printer - Arabic characters look the s...
NativePDF reduces PNG image quality
- Issue
- Last updated 9 months ago
- Tobias Roth replied 9 months ago
I've got a logo of my local government organization from www.cab.lt and I want to use in a datawindow print form, however when I try to export it using NativePDF image gets all pixelated and I can not find a way keep the quality.
Initial image:
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More and more customers ask us for the possibility to add an attachment (for example in XML like Zugferd)) to a generated PDF-invoice.
It would be good if we could attach files to PDFs directly inside Powerbulder (NativPDF).
Greetings
Roy...
PowerBuilder 2017 R3 SaveAs PDF not retaining UTF-16/Unicode characters
- Issue
- Last updated 1 year ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 1 year ago
I'm using PowerBuilder 2017 R3
I have a problem with PowerBuilder new SaveAs to PDF feature using NativePDF. It is not retaining Unicode/UTF-16 Characters. They being dropped off. I’m using the following:
NativePDF! Method for PDf format on the da...
hello all,
New SaveAs PDF is really great new feature. But we have printing functionality other thanjust data windows reports, such as printing Xcel sheet from PB, we use DocukDesk and default printer programmatically and set filename and path in D...
With PB 2017 new feature of saving datawindow to PDF is causing application to crash when datawindow contains jpgs (photos). But not all for some photos it works fine. And it is not consistent with size of the photo either.
The application is a cl...
NativePDF! Options - Append?
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Olan Knight replied 2 years ago
In PB 2017 R2 Build 1769, I used the below code to generate a PDF - which works great:
lds_holder.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = NativePDF! ll_print = lds_holder.SaveAs( ls_attach_path , PDF!, FALSE )
HOWEVER, we currently have the opt...
NativePDF: Is it possible to save two datawindows in one pdf file
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- Last updated 2 years ago
- JOHN THOMAS replied 4 months ago
Hi,
NativePDF: Is it possible to save two datawindows in one pdf file? It was easy to do with pdf printer, how to do it with NativePDF ?
Thanks....
Printing Cheque - Custom Paper Size
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Sivaprakash BKR replied 2 years ago
Hello,
PB 2017 R3
Need to print Cheque from Powerbuilder, with customer paper size: Width = 7.99 inch, Length / Height : 3.70 inch
Tried:
Created a datawindow, with required fields including a picture field. Picture field is to display the imag...
Problem generating PDF from Datastore on web client machine
- Issue
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
I came across a minor bug I thought I'd draw people's attention to. I was generating a PDF (using the NativePDF) from a web app, and it worked fine running on my local machine, but not on a client machine.
I tried a lot of things to fix it, and it...
Native PDF file on Multiple Pages
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- Last updated 2 years ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
Hi Everyone,
I am using PB2017 R3 and looking to use Native PDF functionality . Here is what I have done in order to utilize the Native PDF functionality.
I added Datawindow section in pb.ini as below
[Data Window]NativePDF_IncludeCustomFont=1Nat...
PDFs not getting created on User workstations
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- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 2 years ago
I am using NativePDF! to create PDFs in my application. It works on my PC (it is Windows 10).However, it does not work on most of my user's PCs running the application. It works on some, but not others where it does not create the PDF.
An example ...
Hi all,
I have a PB 2017 R2 (build 1769) application in which I create a PDF file from a datawindow using SaveAs PDF! (Native PDF).
Here is my code :
The result in PB is great and the PDF file is excactly the same as the DW in preview mode. W...
Datawindow to NativePDF (2017 R2)
- Issue
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 2 years ago
Hello all,
I posted a similar question/issue in a previous post, but this is a slightly different situation, but the same unsolved problem.
I think I confused people by talking about "PSR to PDF", rather then just saying "Datawindow to PDF"
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++ PB 2017 R2
Hello all,
I am writing a script to take in a PSR file, then Save As PDF. It seems the conversion to PDF does not automatically determine portrait/landscape. I'm playing with code to figure that out.
ISSUE: I have...
we are presented with a very serious problem, when generating the PDF with the new NativePDF method, a temporary file is created in the folder where the dll is located. This file is unique, so if there is concurrency of several users generating pdf...
From a discussion thread dated approx. 8 months ago, I see where Native PDF generation can be utilized at execution time by adding NativePDF_Valid=1 (zero is the default) to the [Data Window] section of the pb.ini file. There is also a way to include...
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