Problems using QuickPDF as the viewer

Adobe has published the specs for the COM interface to Reader starting with version 7. It's pretty easy to integrate, renders very fast and accurately, and of course supports all features of Reader.

Your end users need to have Reader 7 installed for it to work.

See Adobe's IACReference PDF for details...



Edited by chicks

FoxIt SDK is good at rendering the Pdf. It is very expensive and it just do the rendering on a device context.

You can also try tu use QuickPdf with GhostScript. I Found the results are better than with QuickPdf alone.

function GhostScriptInit(DLLFileName As String) As Long

function GhostScriptGetPagePreview(InputFileName As String,
OutputFileName As String,
Password As String,
Page As Long,
Resolution As Long,
Options As Long) As Long

 

Edited by DELBEKE

Hi chicks

Are you sure, that just the Adobe Reader (which is free) is necessary and not the Adobe Acrobat Standard or the Adobe Acrobat Professional?

When I was searching the web for a library with a certain set of features for a reasonable price, I found iSEDQuickPDF which should be able to do everything I needed.

For some of my wanted features, I'm sure that the Adobe Reader wouldn't suffice.
Then after a while, perhaps confused about the features of the lot of libraries, I began thinking that the Adobe Reader could not be used to display something in a self made application.

If it really can be used, it could at least be an alternative for the Render functions of iSEDQuickPDF.

I took a look at IACReference.pdf but I'm not sure what would be necessary to display a page.

Is it possible for you, to give more hints or even some sample code?

Best Regards
Pirmin

Edited by Pirmin

Here's a quick VB6 example:

ViewPDF.frm:
--------------------------------------------------------
VERSION 5.00
Object = "{05BFD3F1-6319-4F30-B752-C7A22889BCC4}#1.0#0"; "AcroPDF.dll"
Begin VB.Form Form1
   Caption        =   "Form1"
   ClientHeight    =   7380
   ClientLeft      =   60
   ClientTop       =   345
   ClientWidth     =   10335
   LinkTopic       =   "Form1"
   ScaleHeight     =   7380
   ScaleWidth      =   10335
   StartUpPosition =   3 'Windows Default
   Begin VB.CommandButton Command1
      Caption        =   "&Load"
      Height          =   375
      Left            =   3720
      TabIndex        =   1
      Top             =   6840
      Width           =   1695
   End
   Begin AcroPDFLibCtl.AcroPDF AcroPDF1
      Height          =   5775
      Left            =   480
      TabIndex        =   0
      Top             =   360
      Width           =   9735
      _cx             =   17171
      _cy             =   10186
   End
End
Attribute VB_Name = "Form1"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    
    AcroPDF1.LoadFile ("c:\temp\f1040ez.pdf")
    
End Sub

-----------------------------------------------
ViewPDF.vpb:
-----------------------------------------------
Type=Exe
Form=ViewPDF.frm
Reference=*\G{00020430-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}#2.0#0#..\..\WINNT\system32\stdole2.tlb#OLE Automation
Object={05BFD3F1-6319-4F30-B752-C7A22889BCC4}#1.0#0; AcroPDF.dll
Startup="Form1"
Command32=""
Name="Project1"
HelpContextID="0"
CompatibleMode="0"
MajorVer=1
MinorVer=0
RevisionVer=0
AutoIncrementVer=0
ServerSupportFiles=0
VersionCompanyName="x"
CompilationType=0
OptimizationType=0
FavorPentiumPro(tm)=0
CodeViewDebugInfo=0
NoAliasing=0
BoundsCheck=0
OverflowCheck=0
FlPointCheck=0
FDIVCheck=0
UnroundedFP=0
StartMode=0
Unattended=0
Retained=0
ThreadPerObject=0
MaxNumberOfThreads=1

[MS Transaction Server]
AutoRefresh=1


Edited by chicks

No, it's strictly for viewing and printing PDF files. You can't use it to modify the files in any way, and it doesn't fire any events back to the embedding app (though I suppose you might capture its messages through subclassing).

See the IACReference for things like setting which features are visible, how to print, etc.

If you want modification capabilities, you need full Acrobat ( or QuickPDF ).

See my FormTool here for an example of a viewer (and form filler) using QuickPDF, subject to its limitations with rendering speed and accuracy:

http://www.geocities.com/sea_sbs/files/FormTool.zip