*SOLVED* Pdf Editor Displaying Poor Number Formatting

[sherron_docit]

Hi there,

I have a custom calculator application that is embedded into the pdf editor.

The issue I am having is with copying the output into the pdf editor.

The output looks great in the app, and if you copy and paste the text into notepad it is formatted nicely like
so:


But when I paste the same output into the pdf editor, the numbers are all out of place and the format looks bad:


As you can see in the second image the numbers do not line up at all, the addition symbols are all over the place, etc.

Is there any way I could fix this somehow? It is important for the user to have these numbers formatted properly into their pdf documents.

Thanks,

Sam

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Hello, sherron_docit

This is not a case of poor formatting, but a case of the default font you are using not having a unified size for every character. In your notepad application, it appears you are using "Consolas" but in the Editor, you are instead using what appears to be "Arial". You can change the default font for text content by following the steps here: https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowle ... nge-Editor

Kind regards,

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

Hi Sam.

It depends what kind of data puts your embedded calculator to the clipboard. If just a plain text - the problem can be solved easily. But if it puts the rich-text with variable-width font specified(Arial, TimesNewRoman etc.) - there not be a good solution because our Paste obeys the rich-formatting from the clipboard.

So you may try to solve your problem using this:

pxvInst.Settings["Tools.TextBox.Style.TS.Font.Name"] = "CourierNewPSMT";
- it sets the 'Courier New' font postscript-name. This is typical monospaced font that will be user for new TextBox-comments creation. The Paste feature adds such type of comments when handles text from the clipboard..

HTH.

[sherron_docit]

Hi Vasyl,

I have tried the following:

pxvInst.Settings["Tools.TextBox.Style.TS.Font.Name"] = "CourierNewPSMT";

It seems that .Settings is a readonly property.
Is there a way to set this? Possibly using pxvInst.LoadUserSettings() or pxvInst.Settings.Insert() ?

Sam

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

It seems that .Settings is a readonly property.

No, the Settings object is R/W definitely. What programming language do you use?

I added the:

pdfCtl.Inst.Settings["Tools.TextBox.Style.TS.Font.Name"].v = "CourierNewPSMT";

to our FullDemo C# example-project and it works as expected...

[sherron_docit]

We use Vb.net for this project.

I modified my syntax to match yours (I was missing the .v) and it compiled.

Unfortunately when I paste text into the document it still shows 'Arial' by default.

Any ideas?

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

Just for additional test - copy something from notepad and then paste to editor (be sure that Font.Name is changed before paste)..

[sherron_docit]

(be sure that Font.Name is changed before paste)

When I create a new textbox, the font showing by default is still 'Arial'.

Note: This was before I pasted anything.

Sam

[sherron_docit]

I got it Vasyl.

The issue was with the font name.

I changed this:

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pdfCtrl.Inst.Settings.Item("Tools.TextBox.Style.TS.Font.Name").v = "CourierNewPSM"

To this:

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pdfCtrl.Inst.Settings.Item("Tools.TextBox.Style.TS.Font.Name").v = "CourierNew"

It is now selecting Courier New by default.

I will mark this thread as solved.

Thank you so much for your help and have a fantastic weekend!

Sam

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

pdfCtrl.Inst.Settings.Item("Tools.TextBox.Style.TS.Font.Name").v = "CourierNewPSM"

Maybe "CourierNewPSMT" ?