PDF XChange Forum

WayneH

Ok thanks - I'll give it a try...

WayneH

During uninstallation, how do Unregister the exe?

Is just:

PDFXCView.exe /unregserver

??

WayneH

That seems pretty strange to me - that I have to install and register an exe ?

How do I 'hide' this?

Can I rename the exe before I register it?

WayneH

I've tried the distribution package and I do not want to use it. First of all, it installs many more items than I want to distribute - for example, the PDF viewer. Second, it adds 8 MB to my installer. Third, it has too many dialogs. Fourth, it creates new Program Menu items. I would like to resolve...

WayneH

More information:

The problem has nothing to do with my License - it's just the first call I make.

The problem occurs with ANY use of the ActiveX.....

WayneH

An additional note:

I did some tests and found that it is crashing (as described above) at this line:
(VB6)

CoPDFX.SetDevInfo myKey, MySerial

(Of course myKey and mySerial are Strings containing my info, which, again, work correctly on my Dev machine)

WayneH

I'm have some problems distributing my app with the PDFXCViewAx.dll When I run my app on my Dev environment, all is well. However, once I try to run it after installing my app on another machine, I get this error: Run Time Error "-2147418113" Automation Error Catastrophic Failure I'm devel...

WayneH

Is it possible to force the overwrite of a file when using ExportDocument, without a dialog window?
PXCVA_NoUI does not accomplish this.

WayneH

Hi - I am distributing the following DLLs within my InstallShield setup: dscrt40.dll ixclib40.dll pxclib40.dll xccdx40.dll xcpro40.dll What I would like to know is this: Do these DLLs need to be registered on the Target system? Specifically (if you know InstallShield) should the installer properties...

WayneH

But, again, I don't use the viewer.

I only use the ActiveX to open existing PDFs so I can manipulate them - merge with others, watermarks, etc.

No viewing at all - none.

WayneH

It appears that you do need resource.dat as it has items necessary for handling pdfs, but I do not think that
PDFXCview.exe is necessary when only using the ActiveX.

WayneH

I've done some digging (using Dependency Walker) and discovered that I was missing ixclib40.dll even though I did not directly declare it. pxclib40.dll is dependent upon ixclib40.dll, and the error was not correct when it said "cannot find pxclib40.dll" - it should have said "cannot f...

WayneH

If I am not using the interface or creating a PDF viewer,
why do I need to include

PDFXCview.exe
or
Resource.dat ?

PDFXCview.exe is a stand-alone viewer - why do I need to distribute that?

Sorry, I don't understand.

WayneH

I am not using any bitmap functionality (image xchange),
scanner or net.

All of my declarations use only:

pxclib40.dll
or
xcpro40.dll

I need to know why pxclib40.dll is not found, even though it is in the system32 directory.

WayneH

If I am using the CoPDFXCView active x (PDFXCviewAx.dll) , but not creating an interface or viewing PDFs,
do I need to distribute the resource.dat file?

WayneH

Hi - I've built an installer (Install Shield) for my app, which includes the following: xcpro40.dll dscrt40.dll pxclib40.dll xccdx40.dll PDFXCviewAx.dll All files are put into the System32 directory of the receiving machine. However, when I run my app I get this error: "Run-time error '53': FIl...

WayneH

That's ok now.
I've gone ahead and built my own ActiveX Control.
Thanks.

WayneH

Actually, I'm going one step further and building my own User Control.
So I can do this:
PDFX.DenyProgress=True
etc.

WayneH

That sounds great - what kind of timeframe for the release of that version?

WayneH

OK, that makes more sense - thanks.

WayneH

Yes, I'd like full control over the export to Bitmap formats.

1) Resolution
2) bit depth
3) compression (with jpeg files)
4) etc.

For now, I guess I'll have to keep using GhostScript.

Thanks.

WayneH

I ended up just building my own VB Class, so that I can
avoid having to type in exact text and instead can use my IDE.

So I can now do this:
MyPDF.DenyProgress
which evaluates to "General.DenyProgressDisplaying"

WayneH

I am successfully using the ActiveX to export PDFs to TIFF. However, they are always 24 bit, and I cannot find the Verb to use to set the image bit depth. How do I set the Image Bit depth when exporting? Also, how do I change things like JPEG compression values, and other parameters related to the a...

WayneH

Great, thanks. By the way, the help file states: Allow/deny progress dialog displaying. For possible named values, see the Booleans. Default value is 1 (progress displaying allowed). I believe the default is actually "0" False. As in my other post, for the next release I'd like to see thes...

WayneH

Previously you said: List of available papers received before printing. If PaperByPage is specified, appropriate paper will be chosen from this list. During this, printer margins are ignored, options "Fit/Reduce" also ignored. Did you mean that these options are ignored when chosing the pa...

WayneH

OK, thanks.

I'd like to suggest using Enums/Types for these values in the next release
so that we can take advantage of our IDEs.

WayneH

Regarding #5 - You state that 'PaperByPage' 'ignores printer margins'. So, it will choose a paper size based on actual paper size from the print driver and the actual doc size? For example, with an 8.5x11 PDF, paper 'Letter' would be chosen? If that is the case, does it automatically 'scale-to-fit' ...

WayneH

I'm testing the Viewer SDK ActiveX, and I noticed that even though I have set PXCVA_Flags.PXCVA_NoUI when using PrintDocument,
I still see a progress bar during printing.

pdfx.PrintDocument pdfId, PXCVA_Flags.PXCVA_NoUI

How do I turn off the Progress bar ?

WayneH

Sorry to add on to this post - but.... I'm curious about PrintDocument and SetProperty within the ActiveX. It seems that without using the print dialog, the only way to set properties for printing is by using 'verbs'. So, I have to do something like this: pdfx.SetProperty "Print.RangeType"...

WayneH

Got it - thanks.

WayneH

If you don't mind, I'd like to give a few examples to make sure I understand.... 1,2) So I can query the printer with my own code, get a list of paper names, and use them within this call to 'echo' the papername back during printing? For example, I query XYZPrinter, get a list of "8.5x11" ...

WayneH

Sorry, but I'm a bit confused.

I downloaded the Simple Viewer SDk and installed it,
but when I look at the documentation, I only see printing
in the docs for the ActiveX, not the Simple DLL.

What am I missing?

WayneH

I'm looking through the documentation about Objects::Print and IPDFXCview::PrintDocument Method. I have several questions: 1) The "PaperName" value is supposed to be "The name of the standard type of paper to print on." Where can I find a list of Standard Names? Who defines what ...

WayneH

Hi -

Thanks, that helps so far.

But if I only need to open a PDF and print it, can I use the "Simple" SDK ?

Also, can I assume that if I use the SImple DLL, I do not need the Distribution file?
(The ActiveX and the Distribution are a pair?)

WayneH

Hi - I tried searching about this issue, but every search comes back "word is too common" when I look for info about printing a PDF to an actual printer. So, here's my question: I have PDFTools SDK 4 - how can I open an existing PDF file and print it to a printer? (I'm using VB6) Thanks.

WayneH

When you have a chance, can you please look into this?

There is a quality issue when creating TIFFs from PDF.

I'd prefer to use your solution, but to be honest, the competition seems to address this better.

Thank You.

WayneH

Hi - I'm trying the code you supplied, and I am able to get tiff output now (thank you!) However, the quality of the image is still a concern. I tried using the Save Dialog so that I could try a variety of settings, but the image is still not as clean as I would like. I've uploaded 2 samples - one u...

WayneH

I have uploaded another version of the sample code which includes everything.

At this point, my issues are related only to creating a TIF from a PDF.

Thanks.

WayneH

Thanks for responding... 1) I'm not sure what you mean about portrait vs landscape. The original image, the pdf, and both sample tiffs are all landscape. It's not being stretched at all. 2) The corruption being caused by the FreeImage library is seems strange to me since I use it for both DrawToDC a...

WayneH

Fair enough.

I'm anxious to try it since my current methods are not providing acceptable output.

WayneH

Terrific - I'm hoping it will make creating TIFFs easier.

(That is what I have read in the Forums, correct?)

WayneH

Is the Viewer ActiveX available yet?

WayneH

Can someone at Tracker please follow up with my last post?

Thank You.

WayneH

Thanks for the help so far. I'm still running into a few issues when creating TIFF from PDFs. 1) If I use the DrawToDC method, the resulting image is rather low quality (lots of missing image) and the watermark from the PDF doesn't show up. 2a) If I instead use the DrawToDIB method, I get a better q...

WayneH

I've attached the sample code.

Since I'm using a third-party ActiveX, expect portions to cause errors upon opening, which can be ignored.

Once open, run and click the "TIFF..." button

Thanks.

WayneH

Perhaps you can take a quick look at what I have tried so far... Here's what I've done so far: Public Declare Function PXCV_Init Lib "pxcview.dll" (ByRef doc As Long, ByVal Key As String, ByVal devcode As String) As Long Public Declare Function PXCV_ReadDocumentW Lib "pxcview.dll"...

WayneH

Do you have any examples of how to save a file from the Viewer SDK?

I've seen this to open a file: PXCV_ReadDocument....
and
PXV+CommonRenderParameters

But nothing to suggest exporting/saving as a different file format.

Thanks.

WayneH

I'm testing PDFXChange and creating PDFs, but I'd like to convertmy completed PDFs to TIFF (using a dll or com object - no printers, virtual or otherwise) Can I use Image XChange to do this? I'm using VB6, but I only see a demo for viewing. The ImagesTest.exe sample looks most promising but it's in ...

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