FWSavePreviewToPDF() problem

[codemaker]

I tried the function " FWSavePreviewToPDF"
from the code below:

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#include "fivewin.ch"
function Main()

   TPreview():bSaveAsPDF := { | oPreview, cPDF | cPDF := FWSavePreviewToPDF( oPreview ), ;
                  If( Empty( cPDF ), , ShellExecute( oPreview:oWnd:hWnd, "open", cPDF ) ) }

   XBrowse( "CUSTOMER.DBF" )

return nil

the created preview looks like this:

and:
It creates PDF file normaly but the content of the file is like this:


Strange...

[Antonio Linares]

Boris,

I just tested it here and worked fine:

[codemaker]

Yes, it is strange,
I have installed on my laptop the PDF995 printer driver, maybe this is in some collision with FWH PDF managing?
As I see in a code, nothing specific has to be done, regarding the fonts.
Will try this sample on another machine

Boris

[codemaker]

I tried on another, clean machine (just installed the xHB and FWH)
On that machine I have Acrobat Reader installed and that's all.
The sample behaves the same, just a square characters instead letters in created PDF.

Trying to figure out what might be wrong.

Maybe the freeimage.dll?
When I did the first time test on that other laptop, the message poped out that freeimage.dll is missing.
When I copied the dll to the proper location where the EXE resides, it works, but the PDF still scrambled.
Maybe the freeimage.dll version makes the difference?

Boris

[nageswaragunupudi]

Does it work with Harbour or free xHarbour?

Incidentally the statement

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   TPreview():bSaveAsPDF := { | oPreview, cPDF | cPDF := FWSavePreviewToPDF( oPreview ), ;
                  If( Empty( cPDF ), , ShellExecute( oPreview:oWnd:hWnd, "open", cPDF ) ) }
 

can be written as:

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   TPreview():bSaveAsPDF := { | oPreview |  FWSavePreviewToPDF( oPreview, nil, .t. ) }
 

[codemaker]

Where is then the call to ShellExecute() function which will show the PDF?

In any case this doesn't solve the problem with strange characters instead letters.

(OS = Windows 7 Ultimate if this has to do something with the problem)

[hmpaquito]

Hi,

I think that problem is a font issue in FwSavePreviewToPdf function.
I think FwSavePreviewToPdf() is not embbeding font. Here are you a problem.

Regards