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by anovy
Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:08 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved
Replies: 10
Views: 2510

Re: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved

Yes, I know this link. As I wrote, I will do my new tests now, if something unclear, then I will ask again. Thank you.
by anovy
Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:31 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved
Replies: 10
Views: 2510

Re: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved

Hi, I used import/export operations because they seems more efficient. In one simple call is created one compact configuration file (xcs format) which contains both user settings and history. Moreover because there is no LoadHistory method (although SaveHistory yes), then there must be used custom I...
by anovy
Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:21 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Older SDK download
Replies: 3
Views: 1413

Re: Older SDK download

Thanks.
by anovy
Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:40 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Older SDK download
Replies: 3
Views: 1413

Older SDK download

Hi, Where I can get the latest 6.x SDK version? By reading the forum I understood that the latest 6.x SDK is 6.0.322.7. However I cannot find it on your web, If I will go to the main download page for developers (https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/downloads/dev) then it offers version 6.0.322.7 (20...
by anovy
Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:33 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved
Replies: 10
Views: 2510

Re: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved

Hi, You can test the behavior directly in your C# FullDemo application which is provided with editor SDK. The test is quick and straightforward (although my explanation probably not - sorry). Simply run the demo first with 6.x version. Then in Document tab check the 'Multiple documents mode' checkbo...
by anovy
Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:20 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved
Replies: 10
Views: 2510

Re: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved

The current end-user editor (7.x version) saves this to registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Settings\Docs\b.SingleWnd The older SDK versions (6.x) saved this also via "op.settings.export" to XCS files. The new SDK (7.x version) apparently not. So the questi...
by anovy
Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:20 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: "Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved
Replies: 10
Views: 2510

"Docs.SingleWnd" setting not saved

Hi, I noticed that with the latest build the setting "Docs.SingleWnd" is probably not saved in the configuration file (using the "op.settings.export" operation). In the old build which I used (6.0.319.0) this worked ( "op.settings.export" saved this setting and "op...
by anovy
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:21 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Re: Insert pages

Hi, So my advice (and I think an interesting thought which will be useful for many developers) is to add to the op.combineDoc operation a new Target option. This option can accept pointer to an opened document, if not used, the operation will act as now (new document is created). Of course I can liv...
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:44 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Re: Insert pages

Addendum:

Or another possibility is to add to the op.combineDoc a new Target option (then it can insert the combined result to an existing document).
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:36 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Re: Insert pages

Yes, it is obvious. But op.combineDoc creates new document, it cannot directly insert the result to another document, so its UI dialog has no target location part (page position and location). And it is just why I must call two UI dialogs, first combineDoc, then insertPages, where insertPages has as...
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:15 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Re: Insert pages

I understand, but I really don't believe that the resource dialog templates will not change in future. For example: Do you think that it is good idea that the op.document.insertPages can operate with more sources (as for example op.combineDoc can, so its UI dialog has list of sources)? Currently op....
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:38 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Re: Insert pages

OK, but please note: I'm not asking to change overall functionality, I'm only asking for one new option, which can be used also by others (and if not used, then nothing changes).

Anyway thanks for your help.
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:18 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Re: Insert pages

Hi,

That's nice, but I think it is not good idea to rely on your internal undocumented resource templates which can change in future releases.
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:58 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Open in Read Only mode - View only mode.
Replies: 27
Views: 7259

Re: Open in Read Only mode - View only mode.

Hi, Meanwhile I changed my code to test the operation permissions (via IPXC_Document::RequestPermission) instead of testing read-only mode. It is sufficient for my needs. However there is another issue with the read-only mode (as set by the method advised here). It causes that the page extraction is...
by anovy
Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:38 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Delete pages
Replies: 3
Views: 1141

Re: Delete pages

Hi,

So I'm using "op.document.deletePages" instead (with OpExecFlag_NoUI|OpExecFlag_ForceNonUndo|OpExecFlag_NoProgress). It works good.

Thank you.
by anovy
Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:17 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Combine page
Replies: 1
Views: 826

Combine page

Hi, The Do() method for the "op.combineDocs" operation crashes when used with OpExecFlag_NoUI or OpExecFlag_NoProgress flags (and maybe other, I tested these two only). You can review this issue also in your FullDemo SDK sample project. In the OperationDemo.cs source file in Run method use...
by anovy
Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Insert pages
Replies: 12
Views: 2569

Insert pages

Hi, I have a wish for the "op.document.insertPages" operation. Could you please add to the options table a possibility to hide Source controls in the UI dialog (as called by the ShowSetupUI method)? In some cases I define the source myself and I want to offer to the user only possibility t...
by anovy
Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:47 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Delete pages
Replies: 3
Views: 1141

Delete pages

Hi, On https://sdkhelp.pdf-xchange.com/view/PXV:op_document_deletePages is stated that the "op.document.deletePages" operation uses IPXC_Document interface, in the example is used IPXV_Document interface. After testing I found that it works with both interfaces, so maybe you should mention...
by anovy
Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:20 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Open in Read Only mode - View only mode.
Replies: 27
Views: 7259

Re: Open in Read Only mode - View only mode.

Hi,
This thread helped me to open document in read-only mode, however I need also a method how to recognize that any opened document is in such mode. Please advise.

Thank you.
by anovy
Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:20 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Checking PDF file
Replies: 1
Views: 820

Checking PDF file

Hi,
The Viewer SDK has useful possibility to check if any file is in PDF format, simplified example:

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BOOL IsPDF(filepath)
{
ipdf->DoVerb(NULL,"IsPDF",filepath,&out,PXCVA_NoUI);
return out.lVal!=PS40_ERR_INVALID_FILE_FORMAT;
}
If there a similar possibility in Editor SDK?
by anovy
Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:28 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Settings import/export
Replies: 3
Views: 1331

Re: Settings import/export

Hi, Regarding 1) here is a sample source code in C++ (no error or pointer checking here for simplicity). The code is taken from your C# SDK example and rewritten to C++. BOOL LoadSettings(IPXV_Inst *pinst,LPCTSTR filepath) { IOperationPtr op=pinst->CreateOp(pinst->Str2ID("op.settings.import&quo...
by anovy
Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:52 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Settings import/export
Replies: 3
Views: 1331

Settings import/export

Hi, 1) How I can detect that the settings import failed and so settings were not imported? The Do() method of "op.settings.import" returns S_OK also if the source file does not exist or it is in invalid format. 2) I noticed that IPXV_Control properties 'VisibleCmdPanes', 'LockedCmdPanes', ...
by anovy
Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:28 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Document source filename and display name SOLVED
Replies: 4
Views: 1862

Re: Document source filename and display name SOLVED

Many thanks, I'm totally blind. :wink: And some more questions: 1) Is there a way how to place the IPVX_Document interface to the read-only state (no editing, markup, annotations etc. will be possible)? 2) Is there a 'Temp' document status (property) as it was in the Viewer SDK - IPDFXCview::SetDocu...
by anovy
Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Document source filename and display name SOLVED
Replies: 4
Views: 1862

Document source filename and display name SOLVED

Hi, How to get document source filename (full file path) and display name (as displayed in document tab, for example 'New Document') for any opened document? I don't see any such property or method in the IPXV_Document interface. I found only how to get source filename for the active document (IPXV_...
by anovy
Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:59 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
Topic: V5 - settings import
Replies: 11
Views: 5228

Re: V5 - settings import

Hi,
Thanks for reply.

So there is no official method how to transfer settings? Some settings (e.g. sets of watermarks, headers/footers) was hard to create and now they must be manually retyped?
by anovy
Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:41 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Print Drivers
Topic: V5 - settings import
Replies: 11
Views: 5228

V5 - settings import

Hi,
is it possible to somehow transfer settings from V4 to V5?

I tried manually to export profile in V4 and import it in V5, it seems to work, however I'm not sure if this is safe. The version 5 does not ofer to read .ppr files, only .pp5, so I forced the import by typing the filename explicitly.
by anovy
Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Drivers API SDK V5
Replies: 1
Views: 2675

Drivers API SDK V5

Hi, will you setup a new forum branch for version 5 (2012) or can it be discussed here?
by anovy
Sat May 05, 2012 7:49 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer SDK
Topic: PDF file which hangs viewer
Replies: 4
Views: 2145

Re: PDF file which hangs viewer

Hi, I agree that this PDF file is somewhat weird, however I don't agree that it cannot be viewed also under Adobe. I can normally display it under Adobe viewer ver. 8.3 (you should use deep zoom to view the content). This is very simple PDF file containing one trasparent bitmap pattern (T shape) on ...
by anovy
Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer SDK
Topic: PDF file which hangs viewer
Replies: 4
Views: 2145

PDF file which hangs viewer

Hi, attached is a PDF file with which hangs the XChange viewer. The viewer's user interface normally works, but the viewer does not display the content of the PDF file and it continuously runs in background (full processor load) even if the viewer is closed by the user.
by anovy
Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:03 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

Hi, any news here? Can I hope that the problem will be solved?
by anovy
Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Header/Footer size
Replies: 1
Views: 2114

Header/Footer size

Hi,
Is there some way how I can compute (at least roughly) the size (at least height) of the text added by the HeadersFooters property? I need this to add page margins for the headers and/or footers.
by anovy
Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: PDF-Tools SDK (all our PDF DLL Libraries)
Topic: Page renumbering
Replies: 7
Views: 3857

Re: Page renumbering

I think it is not necessary at the moment. I just needed to know if the headers/footers are some special entities in PDF hierarchy, or if they are just standard text as any other text. Thank you.
by anovy
Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:02 pm
Forum: PDF-Tools SDK (all our PDF DLL Libraries)
Topic: Page renumbering
Replies: 7
Views: 3857

Re: Page renumbering

Thank you. Could you please also explain if the headers and footers are special entities? By other words: The question is, if I can recognize, what text element is header or footer, so I will know what text to cover by watermark.
by anovy
Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:10 am
Forum: PDF-Tools SDK (all our PDF DLL Libraries)
Topic: Page renumbering
Replies: 7
Views: 3857

Re: Page renumbering

So if I good understand, the advertised "Text masking and Replacement functionality" can be used only by the supreme PDF professionals (as you)? And it is without any support? So why you advertise this among the main PDF-Tools features on your web page for regular developers? Anyway, do yo...
by anovy
Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: PDF-Tools SDK (all our PDF DLL Libraries)
Topic: Page renumbering
Replies: 7
Views: 3857

Page renumbering

Hi, On your PDF-Tools SDK web page you advertise this: New Placement functionality for watermarks and also Text masking and Replacement functionality to allow page renumbering etc on merged/extracted PDF files. Unfortunately in the documentation I cannot find anything about this. Do you have some gu...
by anovy
Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:39 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Watermark name
Replies: 5
Views: 3616

Re: Watermark name

Thanks, please inform me after the fix will be available. I suppose it will work exactly as described in the documentation (an existing watermark with the same name will be overwritten).

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
by anovy
Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:43 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Watermark - error in documentation for vertical align
Replies: 1
Views: 2109

Watermark - error in documentation for vertical align

Hi,
I found an error in documentation for vertical watermark alignment. You write here that it is set by bit 4 or 5 (values 8 or 16), however correct is bit 5 or 6 (values 16 and 32).
by anovy
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:57 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Watermark name
Replies: 5
Views: 3616

Watermark name

Hi, In the documentation for the add watermark methods I can read " If there is already an existing watermark with the same name, it will be over written ". However I found that this is not true and surprisingly adding two or more watermaks with the same name to one IPXCPrinter instance ca...
by anovy
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:32 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Watermark AutoSize
Replies: 5
Views: 4238

Re: Watermark AutoSize

Thanks Ivan, all these options work perfectly as described. Will you document them?
by anovy
Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:50 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Watermark AutoSize
Replies: 5
Views: 4238

Re: Watermark AutoSize

I'm asking because XChange printer allows this - see the Properties dialog, Edit image watermark - here are options 'Keep aspect ratio' and 'Fit to page' (i.e. auto size). All other options refer to some parameter in the AddImageWatermark method, however these two not.
by anovy
Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:25 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Watermark AutoSize
Replies: 5
Views: 4238

Watermark AutoSize

Hi, If I good understand, for the text watermarks the auto sizing (fit the watermark to page) is achieved by setting the nFontSize parameter to 0. However I cannot find in the documentation how to achieve similar auto sizing for the image watermarks. And another question: How I can for image waterma...
by anovy
Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:45 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

Hi, any news here? Did Ivan receive the link to the test application and files? I e-mailed it directly to Ivan at 20th September.
by anovy
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:56 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

I tested the build 198. The results are better, but now the situation is oposite than before - the patterns are now bigger than they shoul be. I will e-mail directly to Ivan more samples and my application.
by anovy
Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:05 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

OK, I will prepare the software and sample data for you, I will then send a download link and instructions directly to your e-mail.
by anovy
Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:38 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

Hi again, Regarding the pattern brush transparency: It is some strange thing, because it seems it depends on resolution. If the PDF file is with 200 DPI or lower, then the pattern is not transparent. With 300 DPI or higher the pattern is created by XChange as transparent. In the samples which I post...
by anovy
Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:59 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

Thanks. Please note that another bug is with pattern orientation. In the T_2.PDF you can see the correct orientation.

Regarding the trasparency I will place a reply later, it is a longer talking...
by anovy
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:37 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

Sorry for a delay, I'm still preparing a simple code example. However the problem is quite simple. If you will make a brush pattern from a bitmap for example 32x32 point size and you will use it on a device context with straight mapping (MM_TEXT), then the pattern should be displayed on the device i...
by anovy
Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:12 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Re: Pattern brush

I hope I'm correct here. PD-XChange driver acts as Windows printer driver which translates GDI to PDF. And CreatePatternBrush is a Windows GDI function, which is incorrectly supported.
by anovy
Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:39 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Drivers API SDK
Topic: Pattern brush
Replies: 20
Views: 13627

Pattern brush

Hi, I found these two problems with pattern brushes (i.e. created by CreatePatternBrush function): 1) They have invalid scale in resulting PDF file (too small size). 2) They are always transparent (white color is transparent), although there is no reason for such transparency (ROP mode). Could you p...
by anovy
Fri May 06, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: On Screen Keyboard
Replies: 5
Views: 3546

Re: On Screen Keyboard

Along my experience it does not work also under Win7 32-bit.