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Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:49 am
by stephen.starr
If I add a popup note annotation, I can save the note color as the default color, but the text properties cannot be saved.
If I change the color, size, and/or other properties of the text in the note popup, and hit the "Make Current Properties Default" option, they are not saved. The next note I add has the correct note color, but not the saved text settings.
Thank you,
Stephen
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:18 am
by Will - Tracker Supp
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the post - You have posted in the Editor SDK forum; was this on purpose? Please clarify whether you are using the end user Editor, or the SDK.
Thanks,
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:01 pm
by stephen.starr
Yes, we are using the editor SDK to write our own viewer. I am seeing this in our viewer and I can reproduce it in the full demo app that comes with the SDK.
Thank you,
Stephen
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:39 am
by John - Tracker Supp
Hi Stephen,
Before you proceed too far - please be aware of the license limitations in regards using the Editor SDK ...
Have you read the license agreement in full and ensured you are in compliance ?
Specifically(but not limited to);
2. END USER APPLICATION
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This product is intended to allow the developing licensee to incorporate the ability to Create, View, Print or Modify PDF files within the Licensee’s own end user software applications where the PDF functionality incorporated is just one of many features offered – rather than the primary or a significant proportion of the applications overall functionality in the overall set of features of the software application offered.
The license rights hereunder do not apply to development and deployment of software products such as specialist PDF Viewers or Editors, Printer Drivers, ActiveX controls, plug-ins, authoring tools, development toolkits, compilers, operating systems and also software products where a primary or significant proportion of the applications overall functionality is to generate, view or modify ‘PDF’ format files (as defined by ISO Standards body) and other file formats from 3rd party software applications not developed by the licensee, indirectly or otherwise, - such as Microsoft’s ‘Office’ suite and component applications other than for the purpose of creating and/or then storing such files within a structured application for the archival and management of documents, that is developed by the licensee and any other software not falling within the definition of an end user application.
Further, Licensee may not, under any circumstances, create a competing software application to Trackers own “PDFX Viewer”, PDF-XChange “Editor” or any of Tracker’s PDF-XChange and PDF-Tools range of applications for End users without first requesting Tracker to specifically agreeing to the creation and distribution of such a product.
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If you are in any doubt - please contact
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Many thanks
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:33 pm
by stephen.starr
John,
As far as I know, we are in compliance. We were using your version 2 viewer ActiveX control which is no longer supported, so we had to update to using the new editor SDK. We are not selling a viewer. It is a PDF editor embedded in our own application catered to the way our customers use our product.
We have been a customer of yours for over 10 years.
From your license agreement:
"This product is intended to allow the developing licensee to incorporate the ability to Create, View, Print or Modify PDF files within the Licensee’s own end user software applications where the PDF functionality incorporated is just one of many features offered – rather than the primary or a significant proportion of the applications overall functionality in the overall set of features of the software application offered."
Am I missing something?
Thank you,
Stephen
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:34 pm
by stephen.starr
Now can someone please address my original question? Is this a bug or is there a way around this?
Thank you,
Stephen
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:18 pm
by John - Tracker Supp
Thanks for the confirmation Stephen,
I have forwarded you question to the appropriate staff member who will I am sure be in touch very soon.
Thanks for your patience.
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved. SOLVED
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:42 pm
by Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team
Hi, Stephen.
If I change the color, size, and/or other properties of the text in the note popup, and hit the "Make Current Properties Default" option, they are not saved. The next note I add has the correct note color, but not the saved text settings.
Looks like - there is a small misunderstanding. We support two different features:
1. "Make Current Properties Default" - stores all properties(border, fill, line thickness, etc) of the selected annotation and makes it the default style for new annotations of a corresponding type created in the future. Each type of annotation has its own default style.
2. "Make Current Text Format Default" - stores the format of the selected text and makes it the default for all new annotations of a corresponding kind.
Each kind of annotation has its own default text format.
Some types of annotations are text-annotations(TextBox, Callout, Typewriter), some - just drawings(StickyNote, Line, Rectangle, Oval etc). The drawing-annotations don't have their own text, but you are able to show a special popup-window and enter some text into it. In that case technically the Editor adds to your drawing-annot the special popup-annot - that inherits color from a parent-annot and some other attributes. Also it keeps and shows the text. But it is the different, additional annot, that just keeps the relation to your original annot. Its correct for any kind of drawing-annot and its popup-annot.
So, when using the "Make Current Properties Default" for any kind of drawing-annot - its keeps properties of such an annot and makes it the default, but not the current text-format from the related popup-annot, because it is a different kind of annots.
However, you are able to store the text-format that is current in a popup-annot by clicking on text and using "Set as Default" from toolbar or from context-menu - and it will make the current text format default for
all new popup-annots and doesn't matter for which kind of drawing-annot (as in Acrobat).
Also, when you use "Make Current Properties Default" for text-annotations such as TextBox, Callout, Typewriter - then it saves the current text format as the default too because the text is the main attribute for this kind of annotation.
HTH.
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:06 pm
by stephen.starr
Vasyl,
Thank you very much, that makes sense. This is great information and definitely helps me with my problem.
Thanks again,
Stephen
Re: Text properties in a popup note cannot be saved.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:04 pm
by Sasha - Tracker Dev Team
