Best way to handle images - pixels and millimeter

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   Good day,
I am currently using QuickPDF 7.16

The FAQ post http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/i-want-to-draw-an-image-onto-a-pdf-but-the-page-size-is-in-millimeters-and-the-i.php refers.

The mentioned post helped a little bit, but I still don't know how I am going to draw my pixel-measured image onto a millimeter-measured document accurately every time regardless of environment. I can't really make an assumption as to the dpi configuration on a client's machine.

I there a way to programmatically determine Acrobat's dpi settings in order to generate a PDF document accordingly?

Thanks

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that0th3rGuy Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 01 Sep 10 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote that0th3rGuy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Best way to handle images - pixels and millimeter Posted: 16 Nov 11 at 7:04AM
	Good day, I am currently using QuickPDF 7.16 The FAQ post http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/i-want-to-draw-an-image-onto-a-pdf-but-the-page-size-is-in-millimeters-and-the-i.php refers. The mentioned post helped a little bit, but I still don't know how I am going to draw my pixel-measured image onto a millimeter-measured document accurately every time regardless of environment. I can't really make an assumption as to the dpi configuration on a client's machine. I there a way to programmatically determine Acrobat's dpi settings in order to generate a PDF document accordingly? Thanks

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 11 at 7:59AM
	points, mm and mm are constant measurements. You need to work the other way around. You need to determine the DPI from the image and use that to determine how big to draw the image. QP.ImageHorizontalResolution() QP.ImageVerticalResolution() QP.ImageWidth() and ImageHeight() will return the pixel width and height of your image. From here you can work out the physical size of the image. ImageWidthInInches = QP.ImageWidth() / QP.ImageHoizontalResolution(); ImageWidthInmm = ImageWidthInInches * 25.4 7.16 is an older version and there have been may bug fixes. You are entitled toa free upgrade to the 7.26 version which can be downloaded from http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/downloads/binaries/qp/oldversions/0726/quick_pdf_library.exe Andrew.

that0th3rGuy Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 01 Sep 10 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote that0th3rGuy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 11 at 8:54AM
	Alright, thanx; I'll give that a go. In the meantime could you please explain something to me? The documentation says that ImageHorizontalResolution() and ImageVerticalResolution() respectively returns the horizontal and and vertical resolutions of the selected image. Does that mean that I'll need to add the image, determine resolution, remove the image, do the calculation and then add the image with it's new dimensions? Thanx.

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Nov 11 at 10:27AM
	No. You can add the image which add the pixel scanline as a resource in the PDF. You then obtain the resolution. A 100 x 100 pixel image will always remain that size in pixels. When you draw the image it is scaled to the size required. If you told it to draw a 100x100mm image then each pixel could would be 1mm square on the page. Andrew.