Discussions tagged NativePDF
NativePDF makes barcode smaller than with distill method or printing
- Issue
- Last updated 1 month ago
- John Fauss replied 1 month ago
I use PowerBuilder 2022 R3 3391.
I face the problem that there are differences in the output between the nativePDF and the distill method when there are barcodes included.
I attached a small sample datawindow "d_test_4".
It´s using BARCODE 39-25 (...
Creating a PDF document using multiple ImportDatawindow() calls
- How-to
- Last updated 3 months ago
- René Ullrich replied 3 months ago
Hi,
We are trying to create a PDF document using the PDFDocument object and multiple ImportDatawindow() calls, but page breaks are inserted between each datawindow.
Is there a way to delete these page breaks in the PDFDocument or do we have to use ...
Could not read pdf file ( generated using native PDF ) in Phone
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 4 months ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 months ago
Hello,
Using PB 2019 R3, PB 2022 R3 build 3356
Generated a report using native pdf and send that to a w.app number. If the recipient got Android device, then with no issues, he could open that pdf file and read. If the recipient got iPhone, then...
NativePDF - print two datawindow pages on one PDF page (2 pages per sheet)
- How-to
- Last updated 10 months ago
- Stefan Weding replied 10 months ago
Hi everyone,
I am currently using PowerBuilder 2021 (Build 1509) and we want to get rid of Ghostscript proceeding and force the use of NativePDF functions.
Is there a way to print two datawindow pages on one PDF page using NativePDF (or PDFBuilder ...
Issues in saving datawindow [with unicode] as pdf using nativepdf
- Issue
- Last updated 1 year ago
- John Fauss replied 1 year ago
Hello
Using Powerbuilder 2022 R2 IDE: Build 2819 Runtime: 1900, combination of fonts: Unicode & special font for Tamil language
OUTPUT IN DATAWINDOW
NATIVE PDF OUTPUT
ISSUES:
2ND LINE MISSING DATA [SEE VALUE BEFORE PINCODE IS MISSING...
PB 2022 and NativePDF
- Resolved
- Misc
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 2 years ago
Hi,
in PB 2022 Beta a new PDFLib Version is used. This one has a different behavior than the old one from PB 2021.
In PB 2021 the generated PDF seems to depend on the used printer. Changing the default printer could change the resulting PDF. If the...
NativePdf: static text background color becomes gray instead of white
- Issue
- Last updated 2 years ago
Hi.
Did you have the following problem:Randomly, when printing dataWindow with nativePdf, gray areas appear. The background of static text becomes gray instead of remaining white. The problem occurs with some printers but not with others. Preview an...
NativePDF_Valid=1 and portrait layout different behavior when deployed
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 2 years ago
- Pierre DETE replied 2 years ago
Hello,
I have a different behavior when I print with NativePDF a portrait output between IDE and deployed.
When I run from the IDE the output is fine in portrait, but when I run from a deployed application the layout is smaller, not in full page, l...
Export an RTF to a PDFA-3A format
- Resolved
- How-to
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 3 years ago
Hello,
I have some texts, composed dynamically inside of a RTE control.
Now one of the things we need to achieve is exporting the PDF, that later needs to be archived.
While exporting a PDF is as simple as this:
rte_1.SaveAs("file.pdf", PDF!, tru...
Convert postscript to PDF using NativePDF
- Advice
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 3 years ago
PB-2017 32bit.
I have a complex reporting process that creates a Postscript file that is converting to PDF using Distill method.
Is there a way to convert this Postscript file to PDF using the NativePDF approach? If Yes, please provide brief descri...
There's an enhancement request somewhere to add the capability for the NativePDF saving of DataWindows to append their output to an existing PDF.
In the meantime, I really wanted that ability, so users of our software could put multiple reports into...
Hello everyone,
we used to print pdfs via ghostscript. After Upgrading from pb 2017 we wanted to implement the native pdf and at first glance that worked out pretty easy and simple. But after comparing the printed PDFs from ghostscript and from n...
Native PDF layout, overwriting issue
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Faisal Hayat replied 3 years ago
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
- Resolved
- Issue
- Last updated 3 years ago
- Mark Lee @Appeon replied 3 years 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...
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...
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:
...
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 4 years ago
- Chris Pollach @Appeon replied 4 years 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...
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