Btformat.exportimagetofile As Pdf?

Legacy Poster

• 2014年01月10日 19:17

Bartender Version 10.1

 

The User interface in Bartender allows a user to Export a label as PDF. The API does not. There is an enum required when exporting to an image file where you select one of the following:

 

namespace Seagull.BarTender.Print

{

    public enum ImageType

    {

        JPEG = 0,

        TIFF = 1,

        GIF = 2,

        PNG = 3,

        PSD = 4,

        CLP = 5,

        CUT = 6,

        ECW = 7,

        EMF = 8,

        EPS = 9,

        EXF = 10,

        FLC = 11,

        FPX = 12,

        IMG = 13,

        IFF = 14,

        CMP = 15,

        CIN = 16,

        AWD = 17,

        MSP = 18,

        PCX = 19,

        PSP = 20,

        PBM = 21,

        PGM = 22,

        PPM = 23,

        SCT = 24,

        SGI = 25,

        SFF = 26,

        RAS = 27,

        TGA = 28,

        BMP = 29,

        WFX = 30,

        WMF = 31,

        WPG = 32,

        XWD = 33,

        XBM = 34,

    }

}

 

Is it possible to print to a PDF without having to use a PDF Print Driver?

 

btFormat.ExportImageToFile("c:\temp\test.pdf", ImageType.TIFF, ColorDepth.ColorDepth24bit, new Resolution(300), OverwriteOptions.Overwrite); should be

btFormat.ExportImageToFile("c:\temp\test.pdf", ImageType.PDF, ColorDepth.ColorDepth24bit, new Resolution(300), OverwriteOptions.Overwrite);

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  Ian Cummings

  版主

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 2014年01月13日 16:11

  Unfortunately this is not supported at this time.  Not sure why that is.  It is already in our feature request system with a few hits so the chances are this will be implemented at some point.  Sorry for now.

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  Legacy Poster

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 2015年04月23日 20:47

  Has the "export image to file as PDF" been moved to "supported feature, yet?

   

  I'm trying to find a way to use BTXML to print a group of X# of (named-substring-defined label images) to a single PDF file.... without having to mess with a print-to-pdf printer driver.

   

  I just called technical support, and they said that it is supported...but I cannot find any example documentation to assist with doing so.  And I find threads on here indicating that you can't do it that way...

   

  Seeking assistance,

   

  Thank you!

   

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  Ian Cummings

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  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 2015年04月24日 08:19
  For BTXML this is possible with a workaround.

   

  Here is the workaround.  The prohibition on using it in BTXML script is artificial.  Open "C:\Program Files (x86)\Seagull\BarTender Suite\btxmlscript_base_2.0.xsd" and find the section that says "<!-- ImageFormatExportType enumeration type -->".  Add a line that says "<xs:pattern value="[Pp][Dd][Ff]" />".  It will be obvious when you see the file.  I'd expect that to work with any version of v10.0 or later. Try it!

   

  I've asked development to make this a standard change for our next release.

   

  I don't think there is an such easy workaround for the .NET component.  I'm in touch with development about this to see if the limitation here too is artificial (due to legacy reasons) and that we might enable it for the next release.

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  Ian Cummings

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  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 2015年04月24日 08:25

  Note that in your application you can make a call on the btEngine.XMLScript(String, XMLSourceType, Messages) method to do this once the workaround has been enabled.  Just assemble the necessary BTXML into a string variable and you're good to go.  Not the cleanest of solutions, but it should give you the end result you want.

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  Legacy Poster

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 2015年04月24日 20:32

  I've made the changes as requested... but I'm getting syntax errors of a elemental nature as I make my attempts. Can you please give me assistance with the syntax on this one?

   

  My first approach, using PDFCreator, works with the attached BTXML in the text file. I'm having problem converting it to an ExportPrintPreviewToImage command set...

   

  is there no support for NamedSubstrings within this element?

   

  Thank you,

   

  Peter Zalinski,

  Data Specialists, Inc.

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  Ian Cummings

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  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 2015年04月25日 10:19

  It might not matter, but specify the file extension in the <format> to set the document to use.

   

  I note however that the <command> tag isn't encapsulating each of the <print> tags as you have one for all of the prints.  It should in fact go like this example:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
  <XMLScript Version="2.0">
  <Command Name="Job1">
  <Print> 
  <Format CloseAtEndOfJob="true">Document1.btw</Format>
  <PrintSetup> 
  <IdenticalCopiesOfLabel>5</IdenticalCopiesOfLabel>
  </PrintSetup> 
  </Print> 
  </Command> 
  <Command Name="Job2">
  <Print> 
  <Format CloseAtEndOfJob="true">Document2.btw</Format>
  <PrintSetup> 
  <IdenticalCopiesOfLabel>5</IdenticalCopiesOfLabel>
  </PrintSetup> 
  </Print> 
  </Command> 
  <Command Name="Job3">
  <Print> 
  <Format CloseAtEndOfJob="true">Document3.btw</Format>
  <PrintSetup> 
  <IdenticalCopiesOfLabel>5</IdenticalCopiesOfLabel>
  </PrintSetup> 
  </Print> 
  </Command> 
  </XMLScript> 
  

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