Pdf preview in media fields

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Pdf preview in media fields

Postby Riccardino » Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:17 am

Since Dev Team is doing such a great job with image files management, I'd like to add a request to the wish list:

it would be great to to able to see a thumbnail of the first page of a pdf document, when this one is stored in a blob field.

As an alternative, also a function that creates a thumbnail in jpeg or png format would be fine.

What do you think?
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Postby automazione » Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:33 am

I also REALLY need this feature!. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE DEV DREAM TEAM!!!

....and what about an easy way to display the blob-pdf directly on a form?
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Postby jcompagner » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:15 pm

here is a pdf bean that you can drop in the beans folder.

loading of a pdf:

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globals.page = 1;
globals.zoomfactor = 0.2;
var file = plugins.file.showFileOpenDialog(1);
if(file)
{
   elements.bean_185.openPdfFile(file);
   elements.bean_185.decodePage(globals.page);
   elements.bean_185.setPageParameters(globals.zoomfactor, globals.page);
   elements.bean_185.repaint();
}


next page:

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globals.page++;
elements.bean_185.decodePage(globals.page);
elements.bean_185.setPageParameters(globals.zoomfactor, globals.page);
elements.bean_185.repaint();
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Postby Riccardino » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:33 pm

jcompagner wrote:here is a pdf bean that you can drop in the beans folder.


Guys, you're really great! :-D

Thanks: it's a precious tool and I can't wait to use it :-)
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Postby automazione » Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:10 am

THANKS JOHAN. that was a really quick response!! IT WORKS!!! it is exactly what I was looking for. WONDERFUL !!!

TO all members of this forum
    TAKE NOTE: Our was not an easy request ... but SERVOY dev DREAM team found and tested the right solution for us in less than 3 days!!!!

I owe you a big box of Torino's GIANDUJOTTI.

GRAZIE
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Postby automazione » Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:15 am

For loading a pdf from a blob field:

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elements.bean_185.openPdfArray(blob_pdf)


where blob_pdf is the media/blob field.

WONDERFUL

thanks again
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Postby Harjo » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:04 am

VERY COOL STUFF! :D
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Postby Ron » Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:59 am

Sorry, I can't get it working :oops:
Installed the bean, placed the bean on a form, created a mediafield and pasted a PDF in it, and the two globals.
Finally I made a method and pasted the code in it.
What do I put into the methods (pdf from a blobfield as well as from outside the db)?

TIA

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Postby pbakker » Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:41 pm

The methods work with the element name of the beanelement you dropped on your form. Did you name the element and synced the element name used in the methods to it?

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Postby Ron » Sun Sep 26, 2004 2:12 pm

Hi Paul,

Yep, I did rename the beannames in my method, that was not the problem.
I did set the zoomfactor 2 and enlarged the bean size, and now
the pdf from my HD shows up fine.
However I am still struggling with de pdf stored in the mediafield.
This is the code I use:

globals.page = 1;
globals.zoomfactor = 2;
var file = elements.bean_185.openPdfArray(pdf_in_mediafield);
if(file)
{
elements.bean_185.openPdfFile(file);
elements.bean_185.decodePage(globals.page);
elements.bean_185.setPageParameters(globals.zoomfactor, globals.page);
elements.bean_185.repaint();
}


Any suggestions?
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Postby jcompagner » Sun Sep 26, 2004 2:28 pm

you are using BOTH pdf from file and pdf from array!!
you shouldn't ofcourse use both!

var file = elements.bean_185.openPdfArray(pdf_in_mediafield);

elements.bean_185.openPdfFile(file);

if you debugged this then you should see that file after the first call is undefined.. Is nothing. Because openPdfArray doesn't return a file.. It shows the pdf that is defined in the array. Just as openPdfFile shows the pdf defined in the file object...


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elements.bean_185.openPdfArray(pdf_in_mediafield);
elements.bean_185.decodePage(globals.page);
elements.bean_185.setPageParameters(globals.zoomfactor, globals.page);
elements.bean_185.repaint(); 
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Postby Ron » Sun Sep 26, 2004 3:14 pm

You're right.
Thanks Johan.
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Postby idoctor » Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:36 am

Is thier a way to use this bean to add and position text. ie) For instance to programatically fill out a form?

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Postby idoctor » Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:37 am

Is thier a way to use this bean to add and position text. ie) For instance to programatically fill out a form?

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Postby Jan Blok » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:36 pm

No not possible but maybe we could build a merge function for PDF forms based on the lib used by the pdf printer plugin
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